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NARRATIVE 

O •<." THE 

INDIAN WAR OF 1862-1864, 

AND FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS IN MINNESOTA. 

BY 

HON. CHARLES E. FLANDRAU. 




THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862-1864, AND FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS IN 

MINNESOTA. 

BY HON. CHAS. E. FLANDRAU. 



In attempting to write a history of the Indian War of 1862, under the appoint- 
ment of the last legislature, I encounter at the outset more difficulties than I had. 
anticipated when I accepted the commission. The law authorizing the work was 
originally designed to cover only the services of Minnesota troops in the Civil 
"War of 1861-65. The addition of the Indian War of 1862 was an afterthought. 
- The main object of the work, as appears in the act directing its publication, is to 
preserve "a complete roster of all the Minnesota soldiers and sailors engaged in 
said war," for the benefit of posterity. So far as the soldiers of the state who 
were engaged in the Civil War is concerned, such roster is attainable, but it is 
very difficult at this late date to obtain very satisfactory data upon which to build 
such a roster of the men composing some of the many organizations of citizens 
who fought the battles of the Indian War. None of them were ever mustered 
into the service of the United States, and where an original roll of any company 
is to be found it is a mere accident. I have expended much time and labor in 
my endeavor to comply with this part of the requirement of the act, but from 
the very nature of the case my success has been limited. 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 

In the division of space among the various organizations in which to narrate 
the history of their military operations, there has been set apart to me forty-five 
pages in which to write the history of the most important Indian war that ever 
occurred since the first settlement of the continent, and which extended over 
iive years of active operations. I shall be confined, therefore, to a mere state- 
ment of the various military movements embraced in the campaigns of 1862, 
1863 and 1864, without any opportunity for comment or discussion, and trust 
that all apparent omissions to do justice to individual prowess will be attrib- 
uted not to any desire on my part to withhold well- merited praise from brave 
men, but to the necessity of close condensation in the presentation of the mere 
facts. Having personally participated in only a limited part of the war, I am 
compelled to resort to such records as exist, and the memory of living men, for 
the facts and movements outside of my own command, which, I regret to say, 
are far from complete. All the reports of the adjutant of Colonel Sibley's first 
command of 1862, together with the order book of that expedition, have been 
lost, and with them the rosters of all the citizen organizations embraced in that 
command, which were quite numerous. Very few of the other citizen com- 
panies kept any record of their men, and where I have succeeded in finding a 
roster of any company it has been from some newspaper publication of the time, 
or the memory of some member of the body, aided by some records in the ad- 
jutant general's office. I am especially indebted to "The Sioux War and Mas- 
sacres of 1862 and 1863," by I. V. D. Heard, published in 1864. The < 'Minne- 
sota Indian Massacre," by Charles S. Bryant, A. M., also published in 1864, and 
the official report of the adjutant general of Minnesota, Hon. Oscar Malmros, 
for 1862, found in the executive documents of the state that year, and the 
_^Memoirs of Gen. Henry H. Sibley," recently published by the Rev. Dr. West, 
for much information; and I refer any reader who may desire more extended 
and detailed knowledge of the war to those works. Many of the participants 



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in the struggle, in various parts of the state, have also supplied me with facts 
and dates, which, though constituting a poor foundation for history, have been 
serviceable. With these materials and the space allotted me I enter upon my 
narration. 

SITUATION OP THE INDIANS PREVIOUS TO THE OUTBREAK. 

The Territory of Minnesota was organized by act of Congress passed on the 
3d of March, 1849. Its boundaries extended to the Missouri Eiver on the west. 
Within the portion of the territory which is now embraced in the State of Min- 
nesota were, at the time of its organization, in 1849, the following Indians: Four 
bands of Sioux, known as the M'day-wa-kan-tons and Wak-pay-ku-tays, the 
Si-si-tons and Wak-pay-tons, together with a considerable band known as the 
upper Si-si-tons, who occupied the extreme upper waters of the Minnesota Eiver. 
The first mentioned four bands possessed all the lands now in Minnesota lying 
west of the Mississippi Eiver and south of Big Stone Lake, including some por- 
tion of the northern part of Iowa. The Sioux numbered, exclusive of the upper 
Si-si-tons, about 8, 000 men, women and children. There were also in the territory 
Chippewas about as follows: At Lake Superior, whose agency was at La Pointe, 
Wis., about 1,650; on the upper Mississippi, about 3,450; Pillagers, 1,550; at Eed 
Lake, 1,130; making a total of 7,834. There were also at Long Prairie, west of 
the Mississippi, now in Todd county, about 1,500 Winnebagoes. The Winne- 
bagoes were removed from Long Prairie in 1854 or 1855 to Blue Earth county, 
and at the time of the outbreak were on their reservation about ten miles from 
Mankato. On the Missouri, both east and west of that river, were many wild and 
warlike bands of Sioux — the Tetons, the Yanktons, the Cutheads, the Yank- 
tonais and others. ]So actual census of these Missouri Indians had ever been 
taken, but the writer has known from 8,000 to 10,000 of them to attend a pay- 
ment of the Minnesota Sioux in 1855 and 1856. The Sioux and Chippewas 
were deadly enemies. The Winnebagoes were at peace with all the other tribes. 

In 1851 a treaty was negotiated with the M'day-wa-kan-tons and Wak-pay- 
ku-tays (which bands we will hereafter call the Lower Sioux), for the purchase 
of their lands in Minnesota and Iowa. This treaty was made at Mendota, — 
Alexander Eamsey and Luke Lea representing the United States, — and in the 
same year another treaty was negotiated by the same commissioners with the 
Si-si-tons and Wah-pay-tons (which bands we will hereafter call the Upper 
Sioux), at Traverse des Sioux, on the Minnesota Eiver, for the purchase of their 
lands in Minnesota and Iowa. 

These treaties set apart a reservation for these Indians composed of a strip 
of land ten miles wide on each side of the Minnesota Eiver, extending from a 
short distance south of Fort Eidgley to the source of that river. The Lower 
Sioux to occupy it as far up as the Yellow Medicine Eiver, and the Upper Sioux 
the northern part of the reservation. The senate made amendments to these 
treaties, and this postponed their final proclamation by the president until Ftb. 
24, 1853, and the Indians did not take possession of their reservations until 
1854-55, and many not until some years later. The Lower Sioux Agency 
was located on the Minnesota Eiver, about five miles below the Eedwood Eiver, 
and the Upper Agency on the Yellow Medicine Eiver, about three mi]es from 
its mouth. 

CAUSES OF DISSATISFACTION. 

Much dissatisfaction was engendered among the Indians by occurrences taking- 
place at the time of the negotiation of these treaties. Whether there was any 
good ground for it or not, is of very little consequence now; the fact that a hos- 
tile feeling existed is all that is material here. This dissatisfaction was increased 
rather than diminished by the subsequent administration of the treaties under 
the general Government. The Indians had sold an empire, and taken in ex- 
change a limited area of country illy adapted to their wants. The provisions of 
the treaties for periodical payments of money and goods and other benefits, 
although carried out with substantial honesty, failed to fulfill the exaggerated 



THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE. 



729 



expectations of the Indians. All these matters of irritation added fuel to the 
fire of hostility which always has and always will exist between a civilized and 
a savage nation when brought into immediate contact; and especially was this 
the case where the savages were proud, brave and lordly warriors, who looked 
with supreme contempt upon all civilized methods of obtaining a living, and 
who felt amply able to defend their rights and revenge their wrongs. Nothing 
special has been discovered to have taken place to which the outbreak can be 
immediately attributed. -It was charged to emissaries from the Confederates in 
the South, but there was no foundation for these surmises. The rebellion of the 
Southern states was at its height; large bodies of troops were being sent out of 
Minnesota; the payment due in June or July, 1862, was much delayed. The 
Indians were hungry and angry; threats were made of attacking the government 
warehouses at the agency, to which concessions were made, and provisions dis- 
tributed to the Indians. Some of the chiefs were ambitious, and thought it a good 
opportunity to regain their lost country, and exalt themselves in the eyes of their 
people. This combination of circumstances operating upon a deep-seated Uatred 
of the whites, in my opinion precipitated the outbreak at the time it occurred. 

THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE. 

The first Indian trouble that occurred in Minnesota was at Spirit Lake, in 
the southwestern corner of the state, and is known as the Ink-pa-du-ta war. In 
March, 1857, Ink-pa-du-ta's band had a quarrel with some settlers on the Eock 
Eiver, in the northwestern part of Iowa. In consequence of this they came 
north into Minnesota and killed a good many people at Spirit Lake and Spring- 
field, on the head waters of the Des Moines, — about forty-two in all, — and car- 
ried into captivity four women — Mrs. Marble, Mrs. Noble, Mrs, Thatcher and 
Miss Gardner. 

The news reached my agency on the 18th of March. Colonel Alexander of 
the Tenth United States Infantry, commanding at Fort Eidgley, sent over to 
Spirit Lake Company A of that regiment, commanded by Captain Barnard E. 
Bee and Lieutenant Murray. They buried the dead but did not catch the In- 
dians. In May following I succeeded in recovering Mrs. Marble, and in June 
Miss Gardner. Mrs. Thatcher and Mrs. Noble were both killed. And in July 
I succeeded, with a squad of regular soldiers under the same Lieutenant Murray, 
and a party of citizens under my command, in killing on the Yellow Medicine 
Eiver one of Ink-pa-du-ta's sons who had been engaged in the massacres. A 
very full account of this whole affair will be found in "Collections of the Min- 
nesota Historical Society," vol. 3, part 3, of 1880, pages 386 to 407, which 
was prepared by myself; and also in a book published in 1885 by Miss Gardner, 
entitled "History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, and Captivity of Miss Abbie 
Gardner," which was revised by myself, and is accurate. 

THE OUTBREAK OF 1862. 

Everything about the agencies, up to the 18th day of August, 1862, presented 
the usual appearance of quiet and security. On the 17th of August a small 
party of Indians appeared at Acton and murdered several settlers. Whether 
these Indians had previously left the agencies with this intention is doubtful, 
but on the news of these murders reaching the Indians at the Upper Agency on 
the 18th, open hostilities were at once commenced, and the traders and whites 
were indiscriminately massacred. The missionaries residing a short distance 
above the Yellow Medicine Agency, and their people, with a few others, were 
notified in time by friendly disposed Indians, and, to the number of about 
forty, made their escape to Hutchinson. Similar events occurred at the Lower 
Agency on the same day, where nearly all the traders and whites were butch- 
ered, and several who got away before the general massacre commenced were 
killed before reaching Fort Eidgley, thirteen miles below, or other places of 
safety to which points, they were fleeing. Nearly all the buildings at both 
agencies were destroyed, and such property as was valuable to the Indians was 
carried off and appropriated by them. The news of the outbreak reached Fort 



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Eidgley about 8 o'clock A. m. of the 18th of August, through the arrival of a 
team from the Lower Agency, which brought a citizen badly wounded, but no 
details could be obtained. The fort was in command of Capt. John F. Marsh of 
Company B, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He had eighty-five men in 
his company, from which he selected forty-five, leaving the balance, under Lieut. 
T. P. Gere, to defend the fort. This little squad, under the command of Captain 
Marsh, with a full supply of ammunition, provisions, blankets, etc., accompanied 
by a six-mule team, left the fort at 9 A. m. on the 18th of August for the Lower 
Agency, which was distant about thirteen miles up the Minnesota Eiver, and 
situated on the other side of the river from the fort, being reached by a ferry 
at the agency. On the march up the command passed nine or ten dead bodies 
lying in the road, bearing evidence of having been murdered that morning by 
the Indians, one of whom was Dr. Humphrey, surgeon at the agency. On reach- 
ing the vicinity of the ferry no Indians were in sight, except one on the other 
side of the river, who endeavored to induce them to cross. A dense chapparal 
bordered the river on the agency side, and tall grass covered the bottom on the 
side where were the troops. Suspicion of the presence of Indians was aroused by 
the disturbed condition of the water of the river, which was muddy and contained 
floating grass. Then a group of ponies was seen. At this point, and without a 
moment's notice, Indians in great numbers sprang up on all sides of the troops 
and opened upon them a deadly fire. About half of the men were killed in- 
stantly. Finding themselves surrounded, it then became with the survivors a 
question of sauve qui peut. Several desperate hand to-hand encounters occurred, 
with varying results, and the remnant of the command made a point down the 
river about two miles from the ferry, Captain Marsh being of the number. They 
attempted to cross, but the captain was drowned in the effort. Only from thirteen 
to fifteen of the command reached the fort alive. 

Much criticism has been indulged in as to whether Capt. Marsh, when he 
became convinced of the general outbreak, should not have returned to the fort. 
Of course 45 men could do nothing against the 500 or 600 warriors that were 
known to be at and about the agencies. The Duke of Wellington when asked 
what was the best test of a general, said, i 1 To know when to retreat, and to dare 
to do it." Capt. Marsh cannot justly be judged by any such criterion. He was 
not an experienced general. He was a young, brave and enthusiastic soldier; 
he knew little of Indians. The country knows that he thought he was doing 
his duty in advancing. I am confident, whether the judgment is intelligent or 
not, posterity will hold in warmer esteem the memory of Capt. Marsh and his 
gallant band, than if he had adopted the more prudent course of retracing his 
steps. General Custer was led into an ambush of almost the exact character, 
which was prepared for him by many of the same Indians who attacked Marsh, 
and he lost five companies of the Seventh United States Cavalry, not a man 
escaping. The facts about the expedition and ambuscade of Capt. Marsh's com- 
pany I have from John F. Bishop, who was one of the escaped members of the 
company, and was its fifth sergeant, who took command and brought the rem- 
nant of the company into the fort. 

Having massacred the people at the agencies, the Indians at once sent out 
marauding parties in all directions. They covered the country to the northeast 
as far as Glencoe and Hutchinson; to the southeast nearly to St. Peter; to the 
south as far as Spirit Lake, which is partly in Dickinson county, Iowa, and 
they carried death and devastation wherever they went, murdering of men, 
women and children quite 1,000. The settlers, being accustomed to their friendly 
visits, were taken entirely unawares, and were shot down in detail without an 
opportunity of defense. 

The agent for the Sioux at this time was Maj. Thomas Galbraith. He had 
raised a company of men for service in the Civil War, called the Benville Bangers, 
and was on his way down to Fort Snelling to muster them in. He arrived at St. 
Peter on the evening of the 18th of August, and there received news of the out- 
break at the agencies. Taking the muskets of a militia company of St. Peter, he 
immediatelv started to return to Fort Eidgley, where he arrived on the 19th. 



MOVEMENTS FOR THE RELIEF OF NEW ULM. 



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On the same day, Lieut. T. J. Sheehan of Company C, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer 
Infantry, with fifty men, also arrived. Lieut. Sheehan had previously been at 
the Yellow Medicine Agency with his company, to aid in preserving order among 
the Indians, and was there when the threats were made to attack the govern- 
ment warehouse. He had returned to Ridgley, and was on his way to Fort Rip- 
ley, and on the 18th he had reached a point near Glencoe, about forty- two miles 
from Fort Ridgley. On the evening of the 18th he received this dispatch: 

" Headquarters Fort Ridgley, 

Aug. 18, 1862. 

" Lieut. Sheehan: 

"It is absolutely necessary that you should return with your command im- 
mediately to this post. The Indians are raising hell at the Lower Agency. Re- 
turn as soon as possible. 

< 1 John S. Marsh, 

"Captain, Commanding Post. 

Lieutenant Sheehan was then a young Irishman of twenty -five years of age, 
with immense physical vigor and corresponding enthusiasm. He immediately 
broke camp, and arrived at the fort on the 19th of August, having made a forced 
march of forty-two miles in nine and one-half hours. He did not arrive a mo- 
ment too soon. He had with him fifty men, and being the ranking officer after 
the death of Capt. Marsh, he took command of the post. The garrison consisted 
of the remnant of Company B, Fifth Regiment, 51 effective men; Company C, 
Fifth Regiment, 50 men; Renville Rangers, 50 men; with several men of other 
organizations, including Sergeant Jones of the regular artillery, and quite a 
number of citizen refugees, together with C. G. Wyckoff, secretary of the super- 
intendent of Indian affairs, A. J. Van Vorhes, J. C. Ramsey and Major E. A. C. 
Hatch, a man of much experience with Indians, having long been a trader among 
them, and once agent for the Blackfoot tribe. This party brought up the money 
to pay the Indians, and remained at the fort. I will here leave the fort with its 
new commander preparing for the coming storm, and relate hereafter how well 
he met and treated it. 

movements for the relief of new ulm. 

On the night of the 18th, the day of the outbreak, the news reached St. 
Peter, as I have before stated, and turned the Renville Rangers back to the fort. 
About 4 o'clock A. m. of the 19th the news reached me at my house, about one 
mile from St. Peter, through Mr. Henry Behnke of New Ulm, who had been 
dispatched from that town to notify the settlers in the valley. Having disposed 
of my impedimenta in the way of women and children, I repaired to St. Peter, 
where the situation was fully comprehended. Volunteers were called for, and 
in a very short time about one hundred and sixteen men were enlisted for any 
duty that might present itself. An organization was formed by the selection of 
myself as captain, William B. Dodd as first lieutenant and Wolf H. Meyer as 
second lieutenant. I don't think we had time or inclination to complete the or- 
ganization by sergeants and corporals. Immense labor was performed in the 
next few hours in the way of outfit. Suffice it to say, that before noon two men, 
Henry A. Swift, afterward governor of the state, and William G. Hay den, in a 
^ u ggy? ana hy noon sixteen mounted men, under the sheriff of the county, L. 
M. Boardman, had started to the front, and by one o'clock in the afternoon the 
main body of the company was on its way toward the enemy, wherever he might 
be found. Each man had a gun of some kind, a bottle of powder, a box of caps, 
and a pocketful of bullets. The advance parties had been sent out to deter- 
mine whether we should go to Fort Ridgley or New Ulm, which was thirteen 
miles nearer than the fort, but on the other side of the river. We did not see our 
advance guards on the march, and instinct or judgment, it is difficult to say 
which, aided by a note from Gov. Swift, guided us to New Ulm. I should say 
here^ that a large squad from Le Sueur, under Captain Tousley, sheriff of Le 



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THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA. 



Sueur county, accompanied us from St. Peter, and that at an earlier hour in the 
day a squad from Swan Lake, some fifteen miles nearer to New Ulm than St. 
Peter, under Samuel Coffin, had gone to New Ulm to find out what was the 
matter. 

Our advance guard reached New Ulm about 4 or 5 o'clock p. si. — just in 
time to aid the inhabitants in repelling an attack of about one hundred Indians 
upon the town. They succeeded in driving the enemy off, several citizens being 
killed, and about five or six houses in the upper part of the town being fired 
and destroyed. The main body of my company reached the ferry, about two 
miles below the settled part of the town, about 8 P. M,, having made thirty- two 
miles in seven hours in a drenching rainstorm. The blazing houses in the dis- 
tance gave a very threatening aspect to the situation, but we crossed the ferry 
successfully and made the town without accident. The next day we were rein- 
forced by a full company from Mankato, under Captain William Bierbauer, of 
whose company I am happy to say I have a complete roster. Several companies 
were formed of the citizens of New Ulm. A full company, on the 20th or 21st, 
arrived from South Bend, and various other squads greater or less in number 
came in during the week before Saturday, the 23d, swelling our effective force to 
about three hundred men, but nearly ail very poorly armed. We threw up barri- 
cades, and sent out daily scouting parties through the surrounding country, who 
succeeded in bringing in many people who were in hiding and would undoubtedly 
have been lost without this aid. It soon became apparent that to maintain any 
discipline or order some one man must be in command of all the forces. The 
officers of the various organizations assembled and chose a commander; the se- 
lection fell to me. A provost guard was at once established and order inaugu- 
rated. The defenses were strengthened and we awaited results. Captain William 
B. Dodd, my first lieutenant, was made second in command, and S. A. Buell, 
provost marshal, chief of staff and general manager. He had been a naval of- 
ficer and was a good organizer. Captain S. A. George, a young man who had 
been for a short time in some Eastern regiment, who joined us at St. Peter, was 
made an aid, and proved very efficient in reducing matters to a manageable con- 
dition. 

BATTLE OF NE"W TJL.M. 

Nothing of serious consequence occurred until Saturday morning, when at 
about 9:30 o'clock the Indians came down from Fort Bidgley, thirteen miles above 
us, which post they had been vigorously but ineffectually besieging since the 20th. 
As I have learned since, from educated half-breeds who were among the attacking 
party, the enemy comprised about six hundred and fifty fighting men, all well 
armed and many mounted. The assault was well executed, and resulted in driv- 
ing in our lines temporarily. We soon rallied, however, and steadily held the 
enemy off. The Indians soon surrounded the whole town, and commenced firing 
the buildings on the windward side. I wish I could describe the fight from 
the beginning up to about 3 o'clock P. M., but my allotted space forbids. It was 
a lively and interesting one. I cannot, however, omit the critical event of the 
day. At about 2 p. M. a great conflagration was raging on both sides of the main 
street in the lower part of the town, and destruction seemed inevitable. A squad 
of about fifty men was collected, a charge made down the burning street, and 
the Indians driven out beyond the houses. We then burned everything behind 
us, and the day was won. The desperate character of the fighting is well told 
when I say we lost 60 men in about an hour and a half, 10 killed and 50 wounded; 
and these out of a much depleted force, Lieutenant Wm. Huey having gone with 
about 75 men to guard the approach by the ferry, and crossing to the other 
side of the river was cut off and forced to retreat toward St. Peter. It was 
simply a mistake in judgment to put the river between himself and the main- 
force, but in his retreat he met Capt. E. St. Julien Cox with reinforcements, 
joined them, and returned the next day. He was a brave and willing officer. 
The company from South Bend, having heard that the Winnebagoes had joined 
in the outbreak, returned to their homes before the attack on Saturday to pro- 



MAECH TO MANKATO. 



733 



tect their families, and on the morning of the attack a wagon load left us and went 
down the river. I doubt if we could have mustered over two hundred guns at any 
time during the fight. About one hundred and ninety houses were burned by 
the enemy and ourselves during the encounter, leaving nothing of the town but 
the small portion embraced within the barricades. The fighting continued all 
Saturday night, and with desultory firing up to Sunday forenoon. The Indians 
then drew off to the northward, in the direction of the fort, and disappeared. 
About noon on Sunday Capt. E. St. Julien Cox arrived with about fifty men, sent 
by Col. H. H. Sibley from St. Peter to reinforce New Ulm. Lieut. Huey, with 
part of his detachment, which had been cut off on Saturday, was with them. 
That they were welcome guests can well be imagined. 

There were in the town, at the time of the attack on the 23d, as near as can 
be learned, about 1,200 to 1,500 non-combatants, consisting of women, children, 
refugees and unarmed citizens, every individual of whom would have been massa- 
cred to a certainty had our little force been overcome. Such a stake was well worth 
fighting for. We were fortunate in having a fine corps of physicians, who estab- 
lished hospitals and assiduously attended to the sick and wounded. There were 
Dr. Daniels of St. Peter, McMahon of Mankato, Ayers and Mayo of Le Sueur, 
besides Dr. Weschke of New Ulm. 

MARCH TO MANKATO. 

On Monday, the 25th, provisions and ammunition becoming scarce, and pes- 
tilence being feared from stench and exposure, we decided to evacuate the town 
and try to reach Mankato. This destination was chosen to avoid crossing the Min- 
nesota Eiver, which we deemed impracticable, the only obstacle between us 
and Mankato being the Big Oottonwood Eiver, and that was fordable. We made 
up a train of one hundred and fifty-three wagons, loaded them with women, 
children and about eighty wounded men, and started. A more heart-rending 
procession was never witnessed in America. The disposition of the guard was 
confided to Capt. Cox. The march was successful; no Indians were encountered. 
We reached Crisp's farm toward evening, which was about half-way between 
New Ulm and Mankato. I pushed the main column on, fearing danger from 
various sources, but camped at this point with about one hundred and fifty men, 
intending to return to New Ulm, or hold this point as a defensive measure for 
the exposed settlements. On the morning of the 26th we broke camp, and I en- 
deavored to make the command return to New Ulm or remain where they were; 
my object, of course, being to keep a force between the Indians and the settle- 
ments. The men had not heard a word from their families for more than a week, 
and declined to return or remain. I did not blame them. They had demon- 
strated their willingness to fight when necessary, but held the protection of their 
families as paramount to mere military possibilities. I would not do justice to 
history did I not record that when I called for volunteers to return, Capt. Cox 
and his whole squad of forty or fifty men stepped to the front, ready to go where 
commanded. Although I had not heard of Capt. Marsh's disaster, I declined to 
allow so small a command to attempt the reoccupation of New Ulm. My staff 
stood by me in this effort, and a gentleman from Le Sueur county (Mr. Freeman 
Talbott) made an eloquent and impressive speech to the men to induce them to 
return. The train arrived safely at Mankato on the 25th, and the balance of the 
command on the following day, whence the men generally sought their homes. 
For a detailed account of the fight at New Ulm, the reader is referred to "The 
Sioux War and Massacre of 1862-63," by I. V. D. Heard, from pages 86 to 95 
inclusive, where long extracts from my official report to Gov. Eamsey will be 
found. 

ATTACK ON FORT RIDGLEY. 

We left Fort Eidgley on the arrival of Lieut. Sheehan with his command 
on the 19th of August. Eidgley was in no sense a fort. It was simply a 
collection of frame buildings forming a square and facing inwards. It con- 



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THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA. 



tained one large stone barrack, which was about the only defensible part of 
it. On the 20th of August, at about 3 p. M. , an attack was made upon the fort 
by quite a large body of Indians. The first intimation the garrison had of the 
assault was a volley poured through one of the openings between the buildings. 
Considerable confusion ensued, but order was soon restored. Sergeant Jones 
attempted to use his cannon, and to his utter dismay found them disabled. They 
were found to have been spiked by ramming old rags into them. This was 
discovered to have been the work of several half-breeds belonging to the Eenville 
Bangers, who had deserted to the enemy. The sergeant soon rectified this diffi- 
culty and brought his pieces into action. This attack lasted for about three hours, 
when it ceased, with a loss to the garrison of three killed and eight wounded. 

On Thursday, the 21st, two further attacks were made on the fort, one in the 
morning and one in the afternoon, lasting about half an hour on each occasion, 
but apparently with a much reduced force and with less earnestness, and with 
little damage. On Friday, the 22d, the savages seemed determined to carry the 
post at all hazards. About four hundred and fifty, under the leadership of Little 
Crow, came down from the agency, and concealing themselves in the ravines 
which lay on several sides of the fort, they made a feint by sending about twenty 
warriors on the prairie for the purpose of drawing the garrison out of the fort 
and cutting them off. Such a movement would have been fatal to the defenders 
of the fort 3 and fortunately there were men among them of much experience in 
Indian warfare, which prevented the success of the maneuver. Then followed a 
shower of bullets upon the fort from all directions. The attack continued for 
nearly five hours, or until about 7 P. M. It was bitterly fought and courageously 
and intelligently resisted. Sergeant Jones handled his guns with great skill, 
exploding shells in the outlying buildings and burning them over the heads of 
the Indians, while the latter endeavored to fire the wooden buildings composing 
the fort by shooting fire, arrows on their roofs. One white was killed and seven 
wounded in this engagement. Lieut. Sheehan, who commanded the post through 
all these trying occurrences, Lieut. Gorman of the Eenville Bangers, Lieut. 
Whipple and Sergeants Jones and McGrew, all did their duty in a manner be- 
coming veterans, and the men seconded their efforts handsomely. There was 
$72,000 in gold and silver in the fort with which to make the payment, besides 
many refugees of all kinds and sexes, some badly wounded and some exhausted 
by exposure and suffering. The Indians, finding their efforts baffled, drew off, 
and concentrating all their available forces descended upon New Ulm the next 
morning, August 23d, for a final effort, and with the result heretofore nar- 
rated. 

IMPORTANCE OF THE RESISTANCE AT FORT RIDGEEY AND NEW ULM. 

For a very interesting account of the siege of Fort Bidgley, see the history 
of the Fifth Begiment, by General Lucius F. Hubbard, in this volume, parts of 
several companies of which regiment having participated in that fight. I look 
upon the success of the whites in these several attacks on the fort and "New 
Ulm as the most important events of the war, not, perhaps, when viewed in the 
light of mere military encounters, but in their effect upon the future course of 
the savages. Finding such stubborn resistance at the very outset of the rebel- 
lion, they could not advance, but were compelled to withdraw to their own 
country. Had they carried the fort and New Ulm, they would undoubtedly 
have pushed their success through the length of the Minnesota Yalley and have 
carried the Winnebagoes into the war. The advantage gained to the whites by 
this check enabled them to organize and advance, and although the Indians, as 
will appear hereafter, gave us some hard fighting after Bidgley and New Ulm, 
their opportunity had passed from them and they were on the defensive. The 
battle of Oriscany, which was fought in the Bevolutionary War in the valley of 
the Mohawk, was not much more of a fight than those we have been describing, 
yet it has been characterized as one of the decisive battles of the world, because 
it prevented a junction of the British forces under St. Ledger in the West, and 
Burgoyne in the East, and made American independence possible. The im- 



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portance of the battle of New Ulm has been recognized by the state in the 
appropriation of $3,000, to erect a monument on the ground to commemorate 
the event, and in honor of the brave men who died in defense of its inhabi- 
tants. 

EX-GOV. HENRY H. SIBLEY SELECTED AS COMMANDER. 

The news of the outbreak reached Gov. Alexander Ramsey, at St. Paul, 
on Tuesday, the 19th of August. He at once hastened to Mendota, at the mouth 
of the Minnesota River, and requested Gov. Henry H. Sibley to accept the com- 
mand of such forces as could be put into the field to punish the Indians. Gov. 
Sibley was the most experienced man in the state with the Sioux, having lived 
and traded among them since 1834, and, besides that, was a distinguished citizen 
of the state, having been its first governor. He immediately accepted the posi- 
tion, with the rank of colonel in the state militia. Fort Snelling, an old military 
post at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, had been utilized 
as a rendezvous for troops being recruited for the Civil War, and fortunately men 
were rapidly being mustered in. Col. Sibley started up the valley of the Min- 
nesota on the 20th with four companies of the Sixth Regiment, and arrived at 
St. Peter on Friday, the 22d. Capt. A. D. Nelson of the regular army had been 
appointed colonel of the Sixth, and Win. Crooks had been appointed lieutenant 
colonel of the Seventh. Col. Crooks conveyed the orders of the governor to Col. 
Nelson, overtaking him at Bloomington Ferry. On receipt of his orders, finding 
he was to report to Col. Sibley, he made the point of military etiquette that an 
officer of the regular army could not report to an officer of militia of the same 
rank, and turning over his command to Col. Crooks, he returned to St. Paul 
and handed in his resignation. It was accepted, and Col. Crooks appointed col- 
onel of the Sixth. 

On Sunday, the 24th, Col. Sibley's force at St. Peter was augmented by the 
arrival of some two hundred mounted men under command of William J. Cullen, 
formerly superintendent of Indian affairs, called the Cullen Guard. On the 
same day six more companies of the Sixth arrived, making up the full regiment; 
also, about one hundred more mounted men and several squads of volunteer 
militia. The mounted men were placed under the command of Colonel Samuel 
McPhail. By these accessions Col. Sibley's command numbered about 1,400 
men. Although the numerical strength of this force was considerable, it was 
actually almost useless, — the ammunition did not fit the guns of the Sixth Regi- 
ment, and had to be made over. The horses of the mounted men, and the men 
themselves, were utterly inexperienced, undisciplined and practically unarmed. 
It was the best that the country afforded, but was probably about as poorly an 
equipped army as ever entered the field to face what I regard as the best warriors 
that ever fought on the North American continent; but, fortunately, the officers 
and men were all that could be desired. Col. Sibley I have spoken of. Col. 
Crooks was educated at West Point, and is a natural soldier and commander of 
men. These leaders were seconded by intelligent subordinates and enthusiastic 
men, and soon overcame their physical difficulties, but they were in utter igno- 
rance of the strength, position or previous movements of the enemy; no news 
having reached them from either Ridgley or New Ulm. A mistake resulting in 
defeat would have been fatal. The mistake was not made. 

On Saturday, the 23d, a detachment under Capt. E. St. Julien Cox was sent to 
the relief of New Ulm, and, as has been related, reached there on Sunday fol- 
lowing. On Monday, the 25th, another squad under Capt. Anderson, consisting 
of forty mounted men and twenty soldiers conveyed in wagons, was also sent to 
New Ulm. They started about noon and made twenty miles. The next day they 
crossed the ferry and entered the town, to find it utterly deserted, all the inhabi- 
tants having been carried to Mankato the previous day, as before stated. Capt. 
Anderson's company immediately returned to St. Peter, reaching there about 
midnight. In this company were some of the leading men of St. Paul. Isaac 
Y. D. Heard, who wrote the " History of the Sioux War;" Col. Girart Hewitt, 
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who deserve mention. Col. Sibley left St. Peter on Tuesday, the 26th of August, 
and Capt. Anderson followed him on Wednesday, the 27th. The mounted men 
of the command, under Col. McPhail, with whom was a company from Minne- 
apolis under Anson Eorthrup, an old frontiersman, arrived at the fort on the 27th 
and were the first relief that garrison received. Accompanying this advance 
guard was Capt. E. H. Chittenden of the First Wisconsin Cavalry. The main 
command, under Col. Sibley, reached the fort on the 28th, in the morning. In- 
trenchments were thrown up around the fort, cannon were properly placed, and 
a strong guard maintained. All the men of the Cullen Guard but ninety under 
Capt. Anderson returned home as soon as they found that the fort was safe. They 
were soon increased by the arrival of forty-seven men under Capt. Sterritt, and 
on the 1st of September Lieut. Col. Wm. E. Marshall of the Seventh Eegiment 
arrived with a portion of his command. The force could have made a forward 
movement but for lack of ammunition and provisions which were long delayed. 

BATTLE OF BIRCH COULIE. 1 

On the 31st of August a detail of Capt. Grant's company of infantry, 70 men 
of the Cullen Guard, under Capt. Anderson, and some citizens and other soldiers, 
in all about 150 men, under command of Major Joseph E. Brown, with 17 teams 
and teamsters, were sent to the Lower Agency to feel the enemy, bury the dead, 
and perform any other service that might arise. They met no signs of Indians, 
and Monday evening, September 1st, they encamped at the head of Birch Coulie, 2 



1 There is some difference of opinion as to the correct spelling of this word, but it is found in 
this work spelled ' ' coolie. " It is well known that nearly all the names on our frontier are of 
French origin. The French verb "couler," to run, indicates a slow, trickling stream in a ravine, 
and wherever such rivulets were found, the voyageurs called the ravine a '"coulie," probably a 
"coulde," as pronounced by them. There is no authority that I can find that justifies the spell- 
ing of the word ' ' coolie. ' ' I therefore take the liberty of using what I regard as the true spelling 
— "coulie." 

2 As I regard the battle of Birch Coulie to be one of the most desperate Indian encounters that 
ever occurred on the American continent, I desire that all that is known of it should be recounted 
in this narrative. Judge James J. Egan of St. Paul was in the fight, and gave a very graphic his- 
tory of it before the Ramsey County Veteran Association on March 6, 1880. I append his story as 
a note hereto, feeling that my readers will be pleased to know from one of the brave men who un- 
derwent the horrors of that siege, the full particulars which I am unable to give them. His 
description is as follows: 

Battle of Birch Coulie, September, 1862. Extract from an Address delivered by Lieutenant James J. 
Egan, describing the Battle of Birch Coulie^ delivered before the Ramsey County Veteran Association 
March 6, 1880. — At Fort Ridgley the difficulty of restraining and keeping men under discipline 
was made manifest. The company to which I belonged disbanded and turned homeward; Anson 
Northrup's black horse cavalry did likewise, and all of the "irregular hoss" except Jo Anderson's 
company abandoned the glories of war for the pleasanter paths of peace. I joined Captain Ander- 
son's company, and the next day after doing so we were ordered, together with Captain Grant's 
Company A, Sixth Regiment of Infantry, to proceed to the agency at Redwood and beyond as an 
escort to a fatigue party and for observation. The whole force, including teamsters and fatigue 
party, consisted of one hundred and fifty men under command of Major Joe Brown, one of the 
oldest and most experienced Indian traders in the state. The men had confidence in old Joe 
Brown. It was supposed he could smell Indians afar off. He knew the country thoroughly, and 
we felt no special alarm. But on the way to Redwood Agency we encountered so many scenes of 
horror and desolation that we began to feel some inward fear. Here along the roadside were burnt 
houses and the bones of human beings. Among the grasses lay men in eternal sleep, mutilated 
and marred; to the limb of a tree hung a fair young boy; and when one of the men jumped from 
his horse and embracing the lifeless form of a man, cried out in the wild agony of grief, " My God, 
my God! My brother!" we sickened at heart. 

A f atality seemed to hang over us from the moment we started. It was a slow march, neces- 
sarily sad, and grief and sadness settled over us all. Men were among us going out to look for 
their relatives and friends; Nathan Myrick for his brother, and others eager to obtain information 
concerning loved ones. We camped the first night opposite the Redwood Agency, under a huge 
bluff, a handful of Indians from the top of which could have slaughtered us all. It came my 
turn to go on guard at three o'clock in the morning, and from that to five being the fatal hours in 
which Indians were supposed to attack, I considered my scalp as good as gone. In fear and trem- 
bling I took my place near a haystack, with musket cocked, ready to fire — and then die. My life 
was, it seems, not fated to go out by mere fright, and I survived the night. We crossed the river 
at Redwood and beheld the initial battlefield of the Indian War. This was at Redwood Agency, 



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about thirteen miles above the fort. Lulled into a sense of security by not hav- 
ing seen any signs of Indians, the camp was chosen for its convenience to wood 
and water regardless of the question of defense. The result demonstrated the 
danger of ever feeling safe or of ever omitting any precautions while in a hostile 
Indian country. As I have learned since, from reliable Indian sources, the hos- 
tiles had gone toward the Upper Agency, after leaving New Ulm and the fort, 
where they concentrated all their forces and matured a plan to proceed down 
the valley of the Minnesota, to divide the command and attack Mankato and St. 
Peter simultaneously, taking the risk of evading the troops behind them. Had 
this program been carried out St. Peter would certainly have fallen, as it was 
entirely incapable of defense, and Mankato might have shared the same fate, 
although it had quite an efficient home guard, and I had a small force at South 
Bend and other outlying points placed there for its defense. In starting down 
the valley the attention of the Indians was attracted by Major Brown's detach- 
ment going into Birch Coulie. They stopped, and during the night surrounded 
the camp and in the gray of the morning opened a murderous fire upon it, keep- 



where Little Crow gave the signal, and upon Lynde, Myrick, Quinn, Belland, Taylor and others, 
twenty-four in all, "suddenly as from the woods and the fields, suddenly as from the ground, 
yawning at their feet, leaped upon them with the flashing of cataracts, Death, the crowned phan- 
tom, with all the equipage of his terrors and the tragic war of his voice." 

We found the agency buildings were all destroyed. Mr. Nathan Myrick discovered his broth- 
er's body and returned to the fort, as did also Mr. A. F. Knight and Frank Pulle, who had hitherto 
been with us of their own volition. The command here divided, Capt. Grant's company of infan- 
try, with the fatigue party, taking the easterly bank of the river, and we, the cavalry, the westerly 
side. With a clear sky overhead, beautiful scenery all around, we forgot or became familiar with 
the scenes of slaughter, and cantered slowly and merrily along until we reached Little Crow's vil- 
lage. Here a number of the men dismounted, entered Little Crow's deserted house and many of 
the tepees, and began searching for mementoes to bring home as trophies of prowess. One man 
had an Indian drum, another a flag, others feathers, and a small molasses keg was proudly tied to 
-the pommel of a saddle, to tell the story in after years that Little Crow had been bearded in his 
lair. Merrily marching along, crushing the wild flowers in our path, dismounting to gather plums 
on the wayside, and drink of the brooks that laughed as they glided along, we reveled in the sen- 
suous wealth of nature, and resembled a picnic party more than soldiers in an enemy's country. 
About five o'clock in the afternoon we found Capt. Grant's party encamped within two hundred 
yards of Birch Coulie, and, dismounting, we all entered into the duties usually appertaining to 
camping for the night. The camp was in the shape of a circle on one side; the wagons constituted 
one-half the circle, with the horses picketed on the outside. The tents in the centre could not 
accommodate all, and the greater share of the mounted men laid down under the wagons and other 
convenient places. Maj. Galbraith was with us, David Redfield of St. Anthony, Wm. H. Grant of 
St. Paul, and other well-known persons. Folding our blankets about us, in the silent night, on 
the broad prairie-, with the stars overhead, we laid down to pleasant dreams. At about four o'clock 
in the morning I heard a shot, and the next thing I remember of was the cry of Indians and Capt. 
Anderson yelling to his men, "Lay on your bellies and shoot, God d — n you! " Ten thousand 
muskets seemed to be going off. The men were stunned, horses frightened, and terror and fear 
seized hold of us all. We blazed away in return, without aim or other object than to give evi- 
dence < that there were survivors of their murderous fire, and to prevent a charge on the camp. 
At this moment fifty Indians could have killed the entire force if they had charged upon us. It 
was a perfect surprise. The day preceding gave no sign of Indians. Joe Brown, half-breed scouts 
and the most experienced frontiersmen were as much astounded as if hell itself had unloaded 
10,000 fiends upon our heads. But now the scene is changed, and as the red early dawn, cover- 
ing everything with a halo of gold, revealed to our gaze what we supposed to be 2,000 Indians sur- 
rounding us on all sides, with leaders mounted on horses caparisoned with gay colors, and them- 
selves radiant in feathers, war paint, and all the bright and brilliant habiliments of Indian chiefs, 
-the scene seemed unreal, as if a page from the history of the crusades had been torn from the leaves 
of history and the Saracen chiefs of the plains of Asia transplanted to the new world. The fiercest 
yells and war-whoops, the shaking of blankets, the waving of flags to indicate new plans of move- 
ments of attack, the riding of horsemen here and there, were right before us, within about five 
hundred yards. Large bodies of Indians running continually, seeking new points of vantage, and 
taking orders from a chief, and all yelling and beating drums, made the scene unearthly. A shower 
of bullets continually fell upon us from all sides. The nature of the ground was such that with 
the coulie or ravine on one side, where was a heavy growth of timber, and the rest an open prairie 
with little hillocks here and there, just beyond our camp, the Indians could pour in a fire on us 
from every direction aud themselves be protected. Men were dead and dying in the small circle 
of our encampment; the horses were nearly all killed in the first half hour, and it looked as if our 
last hour had come on earth. To be scalped and quartered, our hearts cut out, gave us no com- 
forting reflections. Several of the men went crazy, and jumping out to give a full view instantly 

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ing cover in some brush and timber, behind rolls in the prairie and in ravines. 
The slaughter was immense. Twenty-three were killed outright or mortally 
wounded and forty-five were severely wounded, while many received slight in- 
juries; all the horses but one were killed, amounting to about ninety. The tents 
were made to resemble lace-work, so completely were they perforated with bul- 
lits, one hundred and four holes having been counted in one tent. The men 
fought like tigers; they used the dead horses for barricades, fighting behind their 
carcasses. They also dug pits with their knives, bayonets and any available 
implement. The fight continued uninterruptedly all Tuesday and Wednesday, 
the 2d and 3d of September, the men suffering dreadfully from want of water 
among their other miseries, but they held the enemy off gallantly all this time. 
On Wednesday morning sentinels at the fort reported firing in the direction of 
the agency. Col. Sibley dispatched Col. McPhail with fifty mounted men, Ma- 
jor McLaren with one hundred and five infantry, and Capt. Mark Hendricks 
with a mountain howitzer to their relief. They reached that afternoon a point 
supposed to be about three miles from where Major Brown's party were engaged. 
Here they were attacked by a large party of Indians and sent back for reinforce- 



met death. We then began to dig, each man for himself, his grave as he expected. Three spades 
and one shovel were all the implements that could be found for use, but sabers and pocket knives 
were utilized, and about noon we had dug holes in the ground that afforded some protection. Never 
for an instant did the firing on us cease. Suddenly someone would drop his musket and roll over 
to die. Individual instances of bravery were many and some few of cowardice. A fine look- 
ing man near me was unnerved; he did not shoot once, but kept crying out "O my God, my 
God! " George Turnbull, first lieutenant, pulled a revolver on him, cocked it, and said if he did 
not stop he would blow his brains out. He stopped. Bill Hart of St. Paul was there, and would 
be called brave among 10,000 brave men. He was the first to discover the Indians when on 
guard, and manifested courage and nerve. Capt. Anderson and George Turnbull had lots of 
44 sand " in them, and never lost their presence of mind. About one o'clock in the afternoon we 
heard a loud report like that of a cannon. We were all startled, not knowing from whence the 
sound came. Could the Indians have captured a howitzer? And did they have artillerists among 
them to turn it upon us? A terrible fear seized us. Again it boomed. Could it be possible that 
we were saved ? We were sixteen miles from Fort Eidgley, and how could knowledge of our situ- 
ation have reached the fort ? The silence of death prevailed in the camp. The movements of the 
Indians began to indicate something new, and after awhile again the boom of the cannon sounded 
in our ears, and simultaneously every man jumped to his feet and gave a God-felt hurrah. The 
spirit of audacity we exhibited led to a renewed fire upon us, and we speedily sought our respec- 
tive places of safety. That afternoon we did not hear the cannon again, and night coming on all 
hope of relief left our breasts, and each man sullenly and silently pursued his own meditations. 
It was a night of black despair. There seemed no hope. The cup of salvation had been snatched 
from our lips, and there was nothing to do but die. We expected to be starved to death, as any- 
one bold enough to raise up to put an arm into any wagon containing supplies was instantly shot. 
Our ammunition was almost exhausted, and each man laid his drawn saber near him and examined 
his musket, resolved not to fire again until the final moment came, when a fire would do some 
execution. It happened to be quite dark also, which added to the uncertainties of the night. The 
agony we suffered, expecting every moment we would be rushed upon, through that long, long 
night is indescribable. Each moment seemed hours, and hours eternity. A solitary camp-fire at 
Gray Bird's headquarters partly relieved the gloom, and the blanketed spectres stalking ever and 
anon in front of that fire seemed ' ' ghosts or spirits of goblin damned. ' ' Gladly again we hail the 
morn gilding the horizon. We saw unusual movements and stir among our enemy. Their war- 
whoops were fiercer and their cries and gestures more frequent and emphatic. We expected the 
final hour had come when they would charge, and were prepared. The agony had been so intense 
that we felt a relief at the anticipated blow — no dread of death now lingered in the heart of any. 
Suddenly the boom of the cannon is again heard, and again and nearer and clearer, until its roar, 
usually terrible, sounded as the sweetest harmony of heaven. Confusion seems to pervade our 
enemies, and they are in full flight. But we did not move from our holes until Gen. Sibley, with 
a few officers, came right up to us, and then, and not till then, did we feel we were saved. The 
scene presented in our camp was a sickening one. Twenty- three men, black and discolored by the 
sun's rays, lay stark and dead in the small space; forty-five others seriously wounded and groaning 
and crying for water; the carcasses of ninety dead horses lying about, and a stench intolerable 
emanating from the whole ground. For thirty hours we had been under fire, and tasted neither 
food nor water. 

The story of our relief is soon told. Gen. Sibley's scout had from the high ground near Fort 
Ridgley, on the morning of Sept. 2, 1862, heard the firing. A party under charge of Col. McPhail 
was sent in our direction and to our relief. It was Col. McPhail's artillery we heard the first day, 
the Indians dividing their forces, one-half surrounding us and the other half compelling McPhail 
to send back for reinforcements. Then Gen. Sibley came with his entire command. The number 



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ments. Here Capt. Sheehan's bravery again made itself apparent. He carried 
the dispatch and ran the gantlet of many Indians, his noble horse being twice 
wounded, and dying at the moment he delivered his rider at the fort. The en- 
tire command of Col. Sibley at once moved forward, and met the second detach- 
ment after dark. At daylight the combined forces marched to Birch Ooulie, and 
the Indians drew off. The scene that presented itself was heartrending. Thir- 
teen were buried on the field and the wounded carried back to the fort. Dr. 
J. W. Daniels was fortunately with Major Brown's squad and remained unin- 
jured, and with him and Dr. Alfred Muller, surgeon of the fort, the wounded 
fared well. Birch Coulie forms a most interesting event in the Sioux War. 
A detailed account of it may be found in both Mr. Heard's book and the report 
of the adjutant general of the state for 1862. Its occurrence, horrible as it proved 
to be, probably saved awful massacres at St. Peter and Mankato. 

OCCURRENCES IN MEEKER COUNTY AND VICINITY. 

While these events were passing-, other portions of the state were being pre- 
pared for defense. In the region of Forest City, in Meeker county, and also in 
Hutchinson and at Glencoe, the excitement was intense. Capt. George C. Whit- 
comb obtained at St. Paul seventy-five stand of arms and some ammunition. He 
left some of these arms at Hutchinson, and with the rest armed a company at 
Forest City of fifty-three men, twenty-five of whom were mounted. Captain Eich- 
ard Strout of Company B, Ninth Eegiment, was ordered to Forest City, and went 
there with his company. Gen. John H. Stevens of Glencoe was commander of 
the state militia for the counties of McLeod, Carver, Sibley and Eenville, and 
as soon as he learned of the outbreak, erected a very substantial fortification of 
sawlogs at Glencoe, and that place was not disturbed by the savages. A company 
of volunteers was formed at Glencoe under Capt. A. H. Bouse; Company F of the 
Mnth Eegiment, under Lieut. O. P. Stearns, and Company H of the same regi- 
ment (Captain W. E. Baxter); also, an independent company from Excelsior, and 
the Goodhue County Eangers (Capt. David L. Davis), all did duty at and about 
Glencoe during the continuance of the trouble, Captains Whitcomb and Strout 
with their companies making extensive reconnaissances into the surrounding 
counties, rescuing many refugees, and having several brisk and sharp encoun- 
ters with the Indians, in which they lost several in killed and wounded. The 
presence of these troops in this region of country, and their active operations, 
prevented its depopulation, and saved the towns and much property from de- 
struction. Many prominent citizens of this region were energetic in the work of 
defense. One in particular, Mr. J. E. Wheelock, then residing at Glencoe, was 
made a temporary aid of Gen. Stevens, and did good work. I wish I had space 
to record the many individual acts of bravery of these gentlemen. All I can say 
is, that they all did their duty, and saved that portion of our state from destruction. 

PROTECTION OF SOUTHERN FRONTIER. 

On the 29th of August I received a commission from the governor of the state, 
authorizing me to take command of the Blue Earth country, extending from New 
Ulm to the Iowa line, embracing the then western and southwestern frontier of 



of Indians who attacked us was about four hundred. They were on their way to attack St. Peter 
or Mankato when their scouts encountered us in the afternoon of September 1st. They followed our 
trail and made the attack as related. 

No engagement with Indians that I am aware of compares with the battle of Birch Coulie in 
its duration, in the disparity of numbers between the respective combatants and severity of loss 
sustained by the whites, in the desperate resistance of the besieged, in the tragic elements of death- 
dealing terror, save that on the Arickee fork of the Republican River on the 17th day of September, 
1868, when the little band of Gen. Forsyth held at bay for days, with superhuman valor, the Chey- 
enne warriors of Roman Nose. 

Time will magnify the significance of this Birch Coulie battle, and it will be remembered that 
it was fought by men without experience in war, those who had just enlisted in the service and 
those who had never enlisted, but who, on the first signal of danger, left their stores and other 
places of occupation, taking their lives in their hands for the protection of their people and the 
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the state. My powers were general — to raise troops, commission officers, subsist 
upon the country, and generally to do what, in my judgment, was best for the 
protection of this frontier. Under these powers, I located my headquarters at 
South Bend, being the extreme southern point of the Minnesota Eiver, 30 miles 
below New Ulm, 4 from Mankato and about 50 from the Iowa line. Here I 
maintained a guard of about 80 men, principally of Capt. Bierbauer's Mankato 
company, which was in my command at New Ulm, and reorganized, together with 
some citizens of St. Peter. We threw up some small intrenchments, but nothing 
worthy of mention. Troops began pouring in upon me from all quarters. Enough 
citizens of New Ulm had returned home to compose two good companies at that 
point. Company E of the Ninth Eegiment, under Captain E. Jerome Dane, was 
stationed at Crisp's farm, about half-way between New Ulm and South Bend. Col. 
John E. Jones of Chatfield, then colonel of the Third Eegiment, Minnesota Militia, 
collected about three hundred men, and reported to me at Garden City. They were 
organized into companies under Captains N. P. Colburn and Post, and many of 
them stationed at Garden City, where they erected a very complete fortification 
of sawlogs and other similar material. Others of this command were stationed 
at points along the Blue Earth Eiver. Capt. Cornelius F. Buck of Winona 
raised a company of fifty-three men, all mounted, and started west. They reached 
Winnebago City, in the county of Faribault, on the 7th of September, where they 
reported to me, and were stationed at Chain Lakes, about twenty miles west of 
Winnebago City, and twenty of this company were afterward sent to Madelia. 
A stockade was erected by this company at Martin Lake. In the latter part of 
August Capt. A. J. Edgerton of Company B, Tenth Eegiment, arrived at South 
Bend, and having made his report, was stationed at the Winnebago Agency, to 
keep watch on the Winnebagoes and cover Mankato from that direction. About 
the same time, Company F of the Eighth Eegiment, under Capt. L. Aldrich, 
reported, and was stationed at New Ulm. E. St. Julien Cox, who had previously 
reinforced me at New Ulm, was commissioned a captain, and put in command of a 
force stationed at Madelia, in Watonwan county, composed of part of Capt. Bier- 
bauer's and Capt. C. F. Buck's companies and some citizens, where they erected 
quite an artistic fortification of logs, with bastions. While there, an attack was 
made upon some citizens by the Indians, and several whites were killed. 

BEHAVIOR OF THE PEOPLE. 

It will be seen from this statement, that almost immediately after the evacu- 
ation of New Ulm, on the 25th of August, the most exposed part of the southern 
frontier was occupied by quite a strong force. It was not expected by me^that 
any serious incursions would be made along this line, but the state of alarm and 
panic that prevailed among the people rendered it necessary to establish this 
cordon of military posts, to prevent an exodus of the inhabitants. No one who 
has not gone through the ordeal of an Indian insurrection can form any idea of 
the terrible apprehension that takes possession of a defenseless and non-com- 
batant population under such circumstances. There is an element of mystery 
and uncertainty about the magnitude and movements of this enemy, and a cer- 
tainty of his brutality, that inspires terror. The first notice of his approach is 
the crack of his rifle, and no one with experience in such struggles ever blames 
the timidity of citizens in exposed positions when assailed by these savages. I 
think, all things being considered, the people generally behaved very well. If 
the map of the state is consulted, taking New Ulm as the most northern point on 
the Minnesota Eiver, it will be seen that the line of posts covered the frontier 
from that point down the river to South Bend, up the Blue Earth, southerly to 
Winnebago City, and nearly to the Iowa line. These stations were about six- 
teen miles apart, with two advanced points at Madelia and Chain Lakes, to the 
westward. No serious attack was made except at Madelia, while this line was 
held, but the country was scouted thoroughly in all directions, and a system of 
dispatch couriers established, by which headquarters was informed daily of every- 
thing that happened at each post. 



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Maj. General John Pope of the United States Army was ordered into Min- 
nesota to conduct the Indian War in September. He made his headquarters at 
St. Paul, and, by his high rank, took command of all operations, though not exert- 
ing any visible influence on them; the fact being that all imminent danger to the 
frontier had been overcome by the state and its citizens before his arrival. 
In the latter part of September the -citizen troops in my command were anxious 
to return to their homes, and on presentation of the case to General Pope, he 
ordered into the state a new regiment just mustered in in Wisconsin, — the Twenty - 
fifth, — commanded by Colonel M. Montgomery, who was instructed to relieve my 
force. He appeared at South Bend about the 1st of October, and after haviug 
fully informed him of all that had transpired, and given him my views as to the 
future, I turned my command over to him in the following order. I give it be- 
cause it succinctly presents the situation of affairs at the time: 
"[Order No. 203.] 

6 1 Headquarters Indian Expedition, Southern Frontier, 

6 'South Bend, Oct. 5, 1862. 
"To the Soldiers and Citizens who have been, and are now, engaged in the Defense of 

the Southern Frontier: 

"On the 18th of August last your frontier was invaded by the Indians. You 
promptly rallied for its defense. You checked the advance of the enemy, and 
defeated him in two severe battles at New Ulm. You have held a line of* fron- 
tier posts extending over a distance of one hundred miles. You have erected 
six substantial fortifications, and other defensive works of less magnitude. You 
have dispersed marauding bands of savages that have hung upon your lines. 
You have been uniformly brave, vigilant and obedient to orders. By your 
efforts the war has been confined to the border; without them it would have 
penetrated into the heart of the state. 

" Maj or General Pope has assumed the command of the Northwest, and will 
control future operations. He promises a vigorous prosecution of the war. Five 
companies of the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Eegiment and five hundred cavalry 
from Iowa are ordered into the region now held by you, and will supply the 
places of those whose terms of enlistment shortly expire. The Department of 
the Southern Frontier, which I have had the honor to command, will, from the 
date of this order, be under the command of Colonel M. Montgomery of the 
Twenty-fifth Wisconsin, whom I take pleasure in introducing to the troops and 
citizens of that department as a soldier and a man to whom they may confide 
their interests and the safety of their country with every assurance that they will 
be protected and defended. 

" Pressing public duties of a civil nature demand my absence temporarily 
from the border. The intimate and agreeable relations we have sustained toward 
each other, our union in danger and adventure, cause me regret in leaving you, 
but will hasten my return. " Charles E. Flandrau, 

"Colonel, Commanding Southern Frontier. 77 

This practically ended my connection with the war; all matters yet to be re- 
lated took place in other parts of the state, under the command of Colonel Sibley 
and others. 

COL. SIBLEY MOVES UPON THE ENEMY. 

We left Colonel Sibley on the 4th of September at Fort Eidgley, having 
just relieved the unfortunate command of Major Joseph E. Brown, after their fight 
at Birch Coulie. Knowing that the Indians had in their possession many white 
captives, and having their rescue alive uppermost in his mind, the colonel left 
on the battlefield at Birch Coulie the following communication attached to a 
stake, driven in the ground, feeling assured that it would fall into the hands of 
Little Crow, the leader of the Indians: 

" If Little Crow has any proposition to make, let him send a half-breed to me, 
and he shall be protected in and out of camp. 

" H. H. Sibley, 
"Colonel, Commanding Military Expedition. 77 



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The note was found and answered by Little Crow in a letter rather irrelevant 
to the question most desired by Col. Sibley, dated at Yellow Medicine, September 
7th. and delivered by two half-breeds. 

Col. Sibley returned the following answer by the bearers: 
"Little Crow: You have murdered many of our people without any suf- 
ficient cause. Eeturn me the prisoners under a flag of truce, and I wili talk 
with you then like a man. 

"H. H. Sibley, 
•'• Colonel. Commanding Military Expedition." 
No response was received to this letter until September 12th. when Little Crow 
sent another, saying he had one hundred and fifty-five prisoners not including 
those held by the Si-si-ton and Wak-pay-ton, who were at Lac qui Parle, and were 
coming down. He also gave assurances that the prisoners were faring well. 
Col. Sibley, on the 12th of September, sent a reply by Little Crow's messengers, 
saying no peace could be made without a surrender of the prisoners, but not 
promising peace on any terms, and charging the commission of nine murders 
since the receipt of Little Crow's last letter. The same messenger that brought 
this letter from Little Crow also delivered quite a long one from Wabasha and 
Taopee, two lower chiefs who claimed to be friendly, and desired a meeting with 
Col. Sibley, suggesting two places where it could be held. The colonel cautiously 
replied that he would march in three days: that he was powerful enough to 
crush all the Indians; that they might approach his column in open day with 
a flag of truce, and place themselves under his protection. On the receipt of 
this letter, a large council was held at which nearly all the annuity Indians were 
present. Several speeches were made by Upper and Lower Sioux. Some in 
favor of a continuance of the war, and " dying in the last ditch,'' and some in 
favor of a surrender of the prisoners and seeking peace. I will give one of the 
harangues on each side in order that the reader may know the feeling that 
existed. 

COUNCIL IN THE INDIAN CAMP. 

Alazza-wani-nu-na, a Lower Indian, spoke as follows: "You men who talk 
of leaving us and delivering up the captives, talk like children. You believe if 
you do so the whites will think you have acted as their friends and will spare 
your lives. They will not, and you ought to know it. You say that the whites 
are too strong for us, and that we will all have to perish. Well, by sticking 
together and fighting the whites, we will live at all events for a few days, when 
by the course you propose we would die at once. Let us keep the prisoners with 
us and let them share our fate. That is all the advice I have to give." 

Paul ATaza-ku-ta-nia-ne, on the other hand, spoke as follows: "I am going to 
tell you what I think and what I am ready to do, now and hereafter. You 
M'Dewakonton and Wakpekute Indians have been with the white men a great 
deal longer than the Upper Indians. Yet I, who am an Upper Indian, have put 
on white men's clothes, and consider myself now a white man. I was very much 
surprised to hear that you had been killing the settlers, for you have had the 
advice of the preachers for so many years. Why did you not tell us you were 
going to kill them ? I ask you the question again, Why did you not tell us? You 
make no answer. The reason was, if you had done so, and we had counseled 
together you would not have been able to have involved our young men with 
you. When we older men heard of it we were so surprised that we knew not 
what to do. By your involving our young men without consulting us you have 
done us a great injustice. I am now going to tell you something you don't like. 
You have gotten our people into this difficulty through your incitements to its 
rash young soldiers without a council being called and our consent being ob- 
tained, and I shall use all the means I can to get them out of it without reference 
to you. I am opposed to their continuing this war, or of committing further 
outrages, and I warn you not to do it. I have heard a great many of you say 
that you were brave men and could whip the whites. This is a lie. Persons 
who will cut women and children's throats are squaws and cowards. You say 



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the whites are not brave. You will see. They will not, it is true, kill women 
and children, as you have done, but they will fight you who have arms in your 
hands. I am ashamed of the way you have acted toward the captives. Fight 
the whites if you desire to, but do it like brave men. Give me the captives and 
I will carry them to Fort Eidgley. I hear one of you say that if I take them 
there the soldiers will shoot me. I will take the risk. I am not afraid of death, 
but I am opposed to the way you act toward the prisoners. If any of you have 
the feelings of men, you will give them up. You may look as fierce at me as 
you please, but I shall ask you once, twice and ten times to deliver these women 
and children to their friends. That is all I have to say." 

Maza-ku-ta-ma-ne, or "The man who shoots metal as he walks," the last 
speaker, it will be remembered was one of the Indians who volunteered to go 
and ransom Miss Gardner in 1857 from captivity in Ink-pa-du-ta's band. He 
was a very sensible man, and before this outbreak the president of the Hazel- 
wood Eepublic, an organization perfected by Messrs. Eiggs and Williamson, 
missionaries at the Yellow Medicine Eiver. To fully appreciate the courage 
necessary to stand before this infuriated crowd of savages and talk to them as he 
did, the reader must know that every man of them had a gun in his hand, with 
no restraint upon his using it at any moment, and had some young fellow shot 
him down he would undoubtedly have received the plaudits of the assembly. 
These speeches were taken down by Mr. I. Y. D. Heard, from the lips of the 
men who made them, shortly after the surrender at Camp Eelease. 

Ta-tan-ka-na-ji, Standing Buffalo, arrived shortly afterward and another 
great council was held at which Paul made another strong speech in favor of 
peace and the surrender of the prisoners. Among other things he said: "In 
fighting the whites you are fighting the thunder and lightning." In reference 
to a remark someone had made about getting aid from the British, he said: 
"You say you can make a treaty with the British Government. That is impos- 
sible. Have you not yet come to your senses'? They are also white men, and 
neighbors and friends to the soldiers. They are ruled by a petticoat, and she 
has the tender heart of a squaw. What will she do for men who have committed 
the murders you have?" 

This correspondence was kept up for several days, quite a number of letters 
coming from the Indians to Col. Sibley, but with no satisfactory results. On 
the 18th of September Col. Sibley determined to move on the enemy; and on 
that day camp was broken at the fort, a boat was constructed, and the crossing 
of the Minnesota Eiver effected near the fort to prevent the possibility of an am- 
buscade. The expedition safely crossed the river, and the first camp was made 
two miles above the crossing point. Col. Sibley's forces consisted of the Sixth 
Eegiment under Col. Crooks, about three hundred men of the Third Eegiment 
under Major Welch, several companies of the Seventh Eegiment under Col. Wm. 
E. Marshall, a small number of mounted men under Col. McPhail, and a battery 
under the command of Capt. Mark Hendricks. The Third Eegiment had been 
mustered into the service of the United States, but had been surrendered to the 
Confederates at Murfreesboro in Tennessee; the officers were nearly all made 
prisoners and held for exchange, and the privates paroled. They were sent to 
Jefferson Barracks in Missouri, and on the breaking out of the Indian War were 
called home to aid in its suppression. Major Welch and Lieutenant Olin were 
the only commissioned officers in the regiment when it was with Col. Sibley. 
The expedition moved up the river without encountering any opposition until 
the morning after the 23d of September. Indians had been in sight during all 
the march, carefully watching the movements of the troops, and several messages 
of defiance were found attached to fences and houses. 

BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE. 

On the evening of the 22d the expedition camped at Lone Tree Lake, about 
two miles from the Yellow Medicine Eiver, and about three miles east from 
Wood Lake. Early next morning several foraging teams belonging to the Third 
Eegiment were fired upon. They returned the fire and retreated toward the 



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camp. At this juncture the Third Regiment, without orders, sallied out, crossed 
a deep ravine, and soon engaged the enemy. They were ordered back by the 
commander, and had not reached camp before Indians appeared on all sides in 
great numbers, many of them in the ravine between the Third Regiment and the 
camp. Thus began the battle of Wood Lake. Capt. Hendricks opened with his 
cannon, and the howitzer, under the direct conduct of Col. Sibley, poured in 
shells. It has since been learned that Little Crow had appointed ten of his best 
men to kill Col. Sibley at all hazards, and that the colonel's shells, directed by 
his own hand, fell into this special band and dispersed them. Capt. Hendricks 
pushed his cannon to the head of the ravine and raked it with great effect, and 
Col. Marshall, with three companies of the Seventh and Capt. Grant's company 
of the Sixth, charged down the ravine on a double-quick and routed the Indians, 
About eight hundred of the command were engaged in the fight, and met about 
an equal number of Indians. Our loss was four killed and between forty and 
fifty wounded. Maj. Welch was shot in the leg, but, fortunately, not fatally. 
The Third, and the Renville Rangers, under Capt. James Gorman, bore the brunt 
of the fight, which lasted an hour and a half, and sustained the most of the losses. 
Col. Sibley, in his official report of the engagement, gives great credit to his 
staff and all his command. An-pay-tu-tok-a-cha, or Other Day, was with the 
whites, and took a conspicuous part in the fray. It was he, with Paul Maza-ku- 
ta-ma-ne, who rescued Miss Gardner from the Ink-pa-du-ta band, acted as my 
guide on the expedition in which we killed Ink-pa-du-ta' s son, and was the means 
of saving the forty odd whites at the Yellow Medicine Agency by giving them 
timely notice of the coming storm. 

Thus ended the battle of Wood Lake. It was an important factor in the war, 
as it was about the first time the Indians engaged large forces of well- organized 
troops in the open country, and their utter discomfiture put them on the run. 
It will be noticed that I have not in any of my narratives of battles fought used 
the stereotyped expression, "Our losses were so many, but the losses of .the 
enemy were much greater, but as they always carry off their dead and wounded, 
it is impossible to give exact figures." The reason why I have not made use of 
this statement is because I don't believe it. The philosophy of Indian war is 
to kill your enemy and not get killed yourself, and they take cover, when they 
can, better and more effectually than any other people. In all our Indian wars, 
South and North, East and West, with regulars or militia, I believe it would not 
be an exaggeration to say that the whites have lost ten to one in killed and 
wounded. But the battle of Wood Lake was quite an open fight, and so rapidly 
conducted and concluded, that we have a very accurate account of the loss of the 
enemy; he had no time or opportunity to withdraw his dead. Fifteen dead were 
found upon the field, and one prisoner was taken alive and wounded. No doubt 
many others were wounded who were able to escape. For full particulars of the 
battle of Wood Lake, see narratives of the Sixth and Seventh regiments in this 
volume. After this fight Col. Sibley retired to the neighborhood of an Indian 
camp located nearly opposite the mouth of the Chippewa River where it empties 
into the Minnesota, and there encamped. This point was afterward named Camp 
Release, from the fact that the prisoners held by the enemy were here delivered 
to Col. Sibley's command. We will leave Col. Sibley and his troops at Camp 
Release, and narrate the important events that transpired on the Red River of 
the North at and about Fort Abercrombie, returning to Camp Release, where 
the most interesting occurrences of the war, outside of actual hostilities, subse- 
quently occurred. 

FORT ABERCROMBIE. 

The United States Government, about the year 1858, erected a military post on. 
the west side of the Red River of the North, at a place then known as Graham's 
Point, between what are now known as the cities of Breckenridge and Fargo. Like 
most of the frontier posts of that day, it was not constructed with reference to de- 
fense, but more as a depot for troops and military stores. It was then in the midst 
of the Indian country, and is now in Richland county, North Dakota. The troops. 



FORT ABERCROMBIE. 



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that had garrisoned the fort had been sent South to aid in suppressing the 
Southern Rebellion, and their place had been supplied by one company of the 
Fifth Eegiment of Minnesota Volunteers, which was commanded by Captain 
John Van der Horck. There was a place called Georgetown about fifty miles 
down the river, and north of the fort, at which were some settlers, and a depot 
of stores for the company engaged in the navigation of the river. At the com- 
mencement of the Indian outbreak, Capt. Van der Horck had detailed about half 
of his company to Georgetown to protect the interests centered at that point. 

About the 20th of August news reached the fort from the Yellow Medicine 
Agency that trouble was expected from the Indians. An expedition was on the 
way to Eed Lake to make a treaty with the Chippewa Indians, which consisted 
of the commissioners and party, accompanied by a train of thirty loaded wagons 
and a herd of two hundred cattle. On the 23d of August news reached the fort 
that a large body of Indians, estimated at five hundred, were on the way to cap- 
ture this party. A courier was immediately dispatched to the train, and it at 
once sought refuge in the fort. Runners were also sent to all the settlements in 
the vicinity, and the warning spread of the approaching danger. Happily, nearly 
all the surrounding people gained the fort before the enemy arrived. The de- 
tachment stationed at Georgetown was also called in. A mail coach that left 
the fort on the 22d fell into the hands of the Indians, who killed the driver and 
destroyed the mail. 

The garrison had been strengthened by about fifty men capable of duty from 
the refugees, but they were unarmed. Capt. Van der Horck at once strength- 
ened his post by all means in his power and endeavored to obtain reinforcements. 
Captain Freeman, with about sixty men, started from St. Cloud to relieve the gar- 
rison at Abercrombie, but on reaching Sauk Centre the situation appeared so 
alarming that it was deemed impossible to proceed with so small a force, and no 
addition could be made to it at Sauk Centre. Attempts were made to reinforce 
the fort from other points. Two companies were sent from Snelling, and got as 
far as Sauk Centre, but the force was even then deemed inadequate to proceed 
to Abercrombie. Part of the Third Regiment was also dispatched from Snelling 
to its relief on September 6th. Another expedition, consisting of the companies 
under command of Captains George Atkinson and Rollo Banks, with a squad of 
about sixty men of the Third Regiment under command of Sergeant Dearborn, 
together with a field-piece under Lieutenant Robert J. McHenry, was formed 
and placed under the command ot Captain Emil A. Burger. This command 
started on September 10th, and after a long and arduous march reached the fort 
on the 23d of September, finding the wearied and anxious garrison still in pos- 
session. Captain Burger had been reinforced at Wy man's Station, on the Al- 
exandria road, on the 19th of September, by the companies of Captains Freeman 
and Barrett, who had united their men on the 14th and started for the fort. The 
relief party amounted to quite four hundred men by the time it reached its des- 
tination. 

While this long-delayed relief was on its way, the little garrison at the fort 
had its hands full to hold its position. On the 30th of August a large body of 
Indians made a bold raid on the post, and succeeded in stampeding and running 
off nearly two hundred head of cattle and one hundred head of horses and mules, 
which were grazing on the prairie. Some fifty of the cattle afterward escaped 
and were restored to the post by a scouting party. This band of marauders did 
not, however, attack the fort. No one who has not experienced it can appreci- 
ate the mortification of seeing an enemy despoil you of your property when you 
are powerless to resist. An attack was made on the fort on the 3d of September 
and some stacks burned and a few horses captured. Several men were killed on 
both sides, and Capt. Van der Horck was wounded in the right arm by an acci- 
dental shot from one of his own men. On September 6th a second attack was 
made by a large force of Indians, which lasted nearly all day, in which we lost 
two men killed and several wounded. No further attack was made until the 26th 
of September, when Captain Freeman's company was fired upon while watering 
their horses in the river. The Indians were routed and pursued by Capt Free- 



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man's company, and a squad of the Third Eegiment men with a howitzer. 
Their camp was captured, which contained quite an amount of plunder. A light 
skirmish took place on the 29th of September, in which the enemy was routed, 
and this affair ended the siege of Fort Abercrombie. For a full and detailed 
account of the siege of Abercrombie, see history of the Fifth Eegiment in this 
volume. 

CAMP RELEASE. 

Col. Sibley's command made Camp Eelease on the 26th day of September. 
This camp was located in the near vicinity of a large Indian camp of about one hun- 
dred and fifty tepees. These Indians were composed of Upper and Lower Sioux, 
and had generally been engaged in all the massacres that had taken place since 
the outbreak. They had with them some two hundred and fifty prisoners, 
women and children, whites and half-breeds. Only one white man was found in 
the camp, George Spencer, who had been desperately wounded at the Lower 
Agency and saved from death by an Indian friend of his. 

The desire on the part of the troops to attack and punish these savages was 
intense, but Col. Sibley kept steadily in mind that the rescue of the prisoners 
was his first duty, and he well knew that any demonstration of violence would 
immediately result in the destruction of all the captives. He therefore wisely 
overruled all hostile inclinations. The result was a general surrender of the 
whole camp, together with all the prisoners. As soon as the safety of the cap- 
tives was assured, inquiry was instituted as to the participation of these Indians 
in the massacres and outrages which had so recently been perpetrated. Many 
cases were soon developed of particular Indians who had been guilty of the 
grossest atrocities, and the commander decided to form a military tribunal to 
try the offenders. 

TRIAL OF INDIANS. 

The state has occasion to congratulate itself on two things in this connection. 
First, that it had so just and wise a man as Col. Sibley to select this important 
tribunal; and, second, that he had at his command such admirable material 
from which to make his selection. It must be remembered that this court en- 
tered upon its duties with the lives of hundreds of men at its absolute disposal. 
"Whether they were Indians or any other kind of people, the fact must not be 
overlooked that they were human beings, and the responsibility of the tribunal 
was correspondingly great. Col. Sibley at this date sent me a dispatch, show- 
ing his intentions in the matter of the result of the trials. It is as follows: 

"Camp Eelease, Xine Miles Below Lac qui Parle. 

"Sept. 25, 1862. 

"Colonel: 

[After speaking of a variety of matters concerning the disposition of troops 
who were in my command, the battle of Wood Lake, — which he characterizes as 
a "smart conflict we had with the Indians," — the rescue of the prisoners, and 
other matters which are irrelevant to the question in hand, he adds:] 

"N. B. — I am encamped near a camp of one hundred and fifty lodges of 
friendly Indians and half-breeds, but have had to purge it of suspected charac- 
ters. I have apprehended sixteen supposed to have been connected with the 
late outrages, and have appointed a military commission of five officers to try 
them. If found guilty, they will be forthwith executed, although perhaps it will 
be a stretch of my authority. If so, necessity must be my justification. 

"Yours, 

"H. H. Sibley.' 7 

On the 28th day of September an order was issued convening this court mar- 
tial. It was composed of William Crooks, colonel of the Sixth Eegiment, presi- 
dent, William E. Marshall, lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Eegiment ; Captains 
Grant and Bailey of the Sixth, and Lieutenant Olin of the Third. Others were 
subsequently added as necessity required. All these men were of mature years, 



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prominent in their social and general standing as citizens, and as well equipped 
as any persons could be to engage in such serious work. What I regard as the 
most important feature in the composition of this extraordinary court is the fact 
that the Hon. Isaac V. D. Heard, an experienced lawyer of St. Paul, who had 
been for many years the prosecuting attorney of Ramsey county and was thor- 
oughly versed in criminal law, was on the staff of Col. Sibley, and was by him 
appointed recorder of the court. Mr. Heard, in the performance of a duty, was 
above prejudice and passion, and could treat a case of this nature as dispassion- 
ately as if it was a mere misdemeanor. Lieut. Olin was judge advocate of the 
court, but as the trials progressed the evidence was all put in and the records 
kept by Mr. Heard. Some changes were made in the personnel of the court from 
time to time, as the officers were needed elsewhere, but no changes lessened the 
dignity or character of the tribunal. I make these comments because the trials 
took place at a period of intense excitement, and persons unacquainted with the 
exact facts may be led to believe that the court was "organized to convict," and 
was unfair in its decisions. The names of Col. Wm. Crooks and Gov. Wm. R. 
Marshall are a sufficient refutation of any charge of such nature, if any was or 
ever may be made. 

The court sat some time at Camp Release, and disposed of quite a number of 
cases. It then adjourned to the Lower Agency, and again heard many cases. 
Prom there it proceeded to Mankato, and examined into the question of partici- 
pation in the outbreak by the Winnebagoes, but convicted none of that tribe, 
which proves that they acted judicially and not upon unreliable evidence. There 
was no lack of rumor and positive charges that many of the Winnebagoes were 
inculpated. The court wound up its sittings at Fort Snelling, after a series of 
sessions lasting from Sept. 30 to Nov. 5, 1862, during which time 425 Indians 
and half-breeds, including the mulatto, Godfrey, were arraigned and tried. Of 
these 321 were found guilty of the offenses charged, of whom 303 were sentenced 
to death, and the rest condemned to various terms of imprisonment, according 
to the nature of their crimes. The condemned prisoners were removed to Man- 
kato, where they were confined in a large jail, constructed for the purpose, of 
logs, and guarded by a strong command of troops. On the way down, as the party 
having charge of the prisoners passed through New TJlm, they found the people 
engaged in disinterring their dead, who had been hastily buried in the streets 
where they fell during the fights at that place. The sight of the Indians so en- 
raged the people that a general attack was made on the wagons in which they 
were chained together. The attacking force was principally composed of women 
armed with clubs, stones, knives, hot water, and similar weapons. Of course the 
guard could not shoot or bayonet a woman, but they got the prisoners through 
the town, with the loss of one killed and many battered and bruised. 

While this court martial was in session, the news of its proceedings reached 
the Eastern cities, and a great outcry was raised that Minnesota was contemplat- 
ing a dreadful massacre of Indians. Many influential bodies of well-intentioned 
but ill-informed people besieged President Lincoln to put a stop to the proposed 
executions. The president sent for the records of the trials, and turned them 
over to his legal and military advisers, to decide which were the more flagrant 
cases. On the 6th day of December, 1862, President Lincoln made the following 
order: 

" Executive Mansion, 
" Washington, Dec. 6, 1862. 

" Brigadier General H. H. Sibley, 
"St. Paul, Minn.: 

" Ordered, that of the Indians and half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the 
military commission composed of Colonel Crooks, Lieutenant Colonel Marshall, 
Captain Grant, Captain Bailey and Lieutenant Olin, and lately sitting in Minne- 
sota, you cause to be executed on Friday, the 19th day of December, instant, the 
following named, to- wit: 

[Here follows the names of thirty-nine Indians and their numbers on the 
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"The other condemned prisoners you will hold subject to further orders, tak- 
ing care that they neither escape nor are subjected to any unlawful violence. 

"Abraham Lincoln, 

' 4 President of the United States. ' ' 
Colonel Sibley had been appointed by President Lincoln a brigadier general 
on the 29th of September, 1862, on account of his success at the battle of Wood 
Lake, the announcement of his promotion being in a telegram, as follows: 

" Washington, D. 0., Sept. 29, 1862. 

"Major General Pope, 
"St. Paul, Minn.: 

"Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley is made brigadier general for his judicious 
fight at Yellow Medicine. He should be kept in command of that column and 
every possible assistance sent to him. 

"H. W. Halleck, 

" General-in-Chief." 

His commission as brigadier general was not issued until March 26, 1864, 
but, of course, this telegram amounted to an appointment to the position, and if 
accepted, as it was, made him subject to the orders of the president. So, not- 
withstanding his dispatch to me, stating that the Indians, if convicted, would be 
forthwith executed, he could not very well carry out such an important duty 
without first submitting it to the federal authorities, of which he had become a 
part. 

My view of the question has always been, that when the court martial was 
organized Colonel Sibley had no idea that more than 20 or 25 of the Indians 
would be convicted, which is fairly inferable from his dispatch to me, in which 
he says he had " apprehended 16 supposed to have been connected with the late 
outrages. ' ' But when the matter assumed the proportions it did, and he found 
some 300 men to kill, he was very glad to shift the responsibility to higher 
authority. Any humane man would have been of the same mind. I have 
my own views also of the reasons for the action of the general Government in 
eliminating from the list of the condemned all but thirty-nine. It was not be- 
cause these thirty-nine were more guilty than the rest, but because we were en- 
gaged in a great civil war, and the eyes of the world were upon us. Had these 
three hundred men been executed, the charge would undoubtedly have been 
made by the South that the North was murdering prisoners of war, and the 
authorities at Washington knew full well that the other nations of the earth were 
not capable of making the proper discrimination, and deemed it safer not to in- 
cur the odium which might follow from such an accusation. 

EXECUTION OF THIRTY-EIGHT CONDEMNED INDIANS. 

The result of the matter was that the order of the president was obeyed, and 
on the 26th of December, 1862, thirty- eight of the condemned Indians were exe- 
cuted by hanging at Mankato, one having been pardoned by the president. Co- 
temporaneous history, or rather general public knowledge of what actually took 
place, says that the pardoned Indian was hanged and one of the others liberated 
by mistake. As an historian I do not assert this to be a fact, but as a citizen, 
thoroughly well informed of current events at the time of this execution, I believe 
it to be true. The hanging of the thirty-eight was done on one gallows, con- 
structed in a square form, capable of sustaining ten men on each side. They 
were placed upon a platform facing inwards, and dropped by the cutting of a 
rope, all at one time. The execution was successful in all its details, and reflects 
credit on the ingenuity and engineering skill of Capt. Burt of Stillwater, who 
was intrusted with the construction of the deadly machine. The remnant of the 
condemned Indians was, after some time, taken down to Davenport, in Iowa, and 
held in confinement until the excitement had generally subsided, when they 
were sent west of the Missouri and set free. An Indian never forgets what he 
regards an injury, and never forgives an enemy. It is my opinion that all the 
troubles that have transpired since the liberation of these Indians, with the 



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tribes inhabiting the Western plains and mountains, have grown out of the evil 
counsels of these savages. The only proper course to have pursued with them, 
when it was decided not to hang them, was to have exiled them to some remote 
post, — say, the Dry Tortugas, — where communication with their people would 
have been impossible, set them to work on fortifications or other public works, 
and have allowed them to pass out by life limitation. 

The execution of the Indians practically terminated the Indian campaign for 
the year 1862; no other event worthy of detailed record having occurred. But 
the Indian War was far from being over, and it was deemed prudent to keep 
within the state a sufficient force of troops to resist further attacks, and to inau- 
gurate an aggressive campaign in the coming year. The whole of the Sixth, 
Seventh and Tenth regiments, the Mounted Bangers, and squads of artillery, 
scouts and other organizations were wintered in the state at various points along 
the more exposed frontier, and in 1863 a formidable expedition, under command 
of General Sibley, was sent out from Minnesota to crush the enemy, which was 
to be aided and co-operated with by another expedition of equal proportions 
under General Alfred Sully, which was to start from Sioux City, on the Missouri. 
After the Indians came down the river and attacked our men at Birch Coulie, 
Little Crow and a large part of his followers branched off and went to the vi- 
cinity of Acton, and there attacked the command under Capt. Bichard S trout, 
where a severe battle ensued, in which several of Capt. Strout's men were killed. 
On the 3d of July, 1863, CroW ventured down to the neighborhood of Hutchin- 
son with his young son, probably to get something which he had hidden, or to 
steal horses. While picking berries, a farmer named Lampson, who was in search 
of his cows, saw him and shot him dead. His scalp now decorates the walls of 
the Historical Society. 

CAMPAIGN OF 1863. 

The remnant of Little Crow's followers were supposed to be rendezvoused 
at Devil's Lake, in Dakota Territory, and reinforced by large bodies of the Upper 
Sioux. An expedition against them was devised by Gen. Pope, to be com- 
manded by Gen. Sibley. It was to assemble at a point near the mouth of the 
Bed Wood Biver, some twenty or twenty-five miles above Fort Bidgley. On the 
7th day of June, 1863, General Sibley arrived at the point of departure, which 
was named Camp Pope in honor of the commanding general. The force compos- 
ing the expedition under General Sibley was as follows: One company of Pio- 
neers under Capt. Chase, 10 companies of the Sixth Begiment under Col. Crooks; 
8 companies of the Tenth Begiment under Col. Baker, 9 companies of the Sev- 
enth Begiment under Lieutenant Col. Marshall, 8 pieces of artillery under Capt. 
Jones, 9 companies of Minnesota Mounted Bangers under Col. McPhail, 75 In- 
dian scouts under Major Brown, George McLeod and Major Dooley; in all, 3,052 
infantry, 800 cavalry, 148 artillerymen. This command, from the nature of the 
country it was compelled to traverse, had to depend upon its own supply train, 
and was accompanied by 225 six-mule wagons. The staff was complete, consist- 
ing of Adjutant Gen. Olin, Brigade Commissary Forbes, Assistant Commissary 
and Ordnance Officer Atchinson, Commissary Clerk Spencer, Quartermaster Corn- 
ing, Assistant Quartermaster Kimball, Aids-de-camp, Lieutenants Pope, Beever, 
A. St. Clair, Flandrau and Hawthorne; Chaplain, Bev. S. B. Biggs. 

The column moved from Camp Pope June 16, 1863. The weather was in- 
tensely hot, and the country over which the army had to march was entirely 
wild and uninhabited. At first the Indian retreat was in the direction of the 
British line, but for some reason it was discovered that the movement of the In- 
dians was changed in the direction of the Missouri Biver. They had probably 
heard that General Sully was delayed by low water, and hoped to cross to the 
west bank of that stream before his arrival to intercept them; and with the 
further hope, no doubt, that they would be reinforced by the Sioux inhabiting 
the country west of the Missouri. On the 4th of July the expedition reached the 
Big Bend of the Sheyenne Biver. On the 17th of July General Sibley received 
reliable information that the main body of the Indians were moving toward the 



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THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA. 



Missouri, which was confirmed at Camp Atchison on the 20th of July, by a visit 
to the camp of some three hundred Chippewa half-breeds, led by a Catholic priest, 
named Father Andre. On becoming satisfied that the best fruits of the march 
could be obtained by bending toward the Missouri, the general decided to relieve 
his command of as much impedimenta as was consistent with comfort and safety, 
and would facilitate and increase the rapidity of its movements. He therefore 
formed a permanent post at Camp Atchison, which is located about fifty miles 
southeasterly from Devil's Lake, where he left all the sick and broken- down men, 
and a large portion of his ponderous train, with a sufficient guard to defend them 
if attacked. He then immediately started for the Missouri with 1,436 infantry, 
520 cavalry, 100 pioneers and artillery, and 25 days' rations. On July 22d he 
crossed the James Eiver, forty-eight miles west of Camp Atchison, and on the 
24th had reached the vicinity of Big Mound, beyond the second ridge of the Mis- 
souri Coteau. Here the scouts reported large bodies of Indians, with Eed. Plume 
and Standing Buffalo among them. 

BATTLE OF BIO MOUND. 

On the 24th of July, in anticipation of an attack from the large force sup- 
posed to be in the neighborhood, the general corralled his train and threw up 
earthworks for its protection, so as to enable it to be defended by a smaller force 
than would be necessary if it was uncovered. The Indians soon appeared in con- 
siderable numbers. Dr. Weiser, surgeon of the First Minnesota Bangers, who 
had resided at Shakopee many years, and supposed he recognized some old ac- 
quaintances among the Indians, incautiously approached them, and was imme- 
diately shot dead. Lieutenant Freeman, who was at some distance from the 
camp, was also killed. At 3 P. M., in the midst of a terrific thunderstorm, the 
battle opened. The First Battalion of Cavalry, under Col. McPhail, supported 
by two companies of the Seventh Infantry, advanced to divide the Indians. The 
Sixth Begiment, under Col. Crooks, and part of the Seventh deployed on the 
right of the camp, while Lieut. Col. Averill, with two companies, deployed on 
the left. Col. Marshall, with five companies of the Seventh, advanced up a ra- 
vine. Col. Baker, with part of the Tenth, was retained to guard the camp. 
Gen. Sibley, supported by one company of the Tenth under Captain Edgerton, 
took a six -pounder onto an eminence and opened fire on the enemy, who were 
occupying the head of the ravine. A general advance was ordered. The Indians, 
about 1.500 strong, retreated before the troops in the direction of their camp, 
situate some five miles to the southward, and a general panic ensued, the Indian 
camp was abandoned, and the whole throng, men, women and children, fled be- 
fore the advancing forces. They were closely pursued by Col. McPhail, sup- 
ported by the Seventh, part of the Tenth, and Whipple's section of a battery. 
Numerous charges were made on the fleeing enemy amid the roaring of the thun- 
der and the flashing of the lightning. One private was killed by lightning and 
Col. McPhail' s saber was knocked out of his hand by the same force. 

The Indians are reported to have lost in this fight eighty killed and wounded, 
and they also lost nearly all their camp equipment, which was strewn along their 
trail in reckless profusion, as it was abandoned in their flight. The cavalry pur- 
sued them about fifteen, and the infantry about ten, miles beyond the original 
point of the engagement. An order sent by Lieutenant Beever to the pursuers 
to bivouac where night caught them was misdelivered or misunderstood, and the 
pursuing column returned and was met the next morning by the advancing force 
just about the time of starting. This misfortune gave the Indians at least two 
days' advantage, and they did not fail to make the most of it, putting as wide a 
gap between themselves and their pursuers as possible. The part of the com- 
mand which had joined in the pursuit was worn-out with fatigue and want of 
water, and the whole force was compelled to rest for a day. The battle of Big 
Mound, as this engagement was called, was a decided victory, and counted heavi- 
ly in the scale of advantage, as it put the savages on the run for a place of safety 
and materially disabled them from prosecuting further hostilities. 



THE BATTLE OF STONY LAKE. 



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BATTLE OF DEAD BUFFALO LAKE. 

On the 26th the command again moved forward in the direction of the fleeing 
Indians. Their abandoned camp was passed on that day early in the morning. 
About noon the scouts reported Indians, and large bodies of them became visi- 
ble. A skirmish line under Col. Crooks was thrown out, supported by Capt. 
Chase and his Pioneers and Whipple's section of six-pounders. The savages 
attempted a flank movement on the left, which was checked by Capt. Taylor and 
his Mounted Eangers. Another attack was made, which was repulsed by Lieut. 
Col. Averill with two companies of the Sixth, aided by Capt. Taylor's Eangers, 
who came to his assistance. A running fight was kept up until about three 
o'clock in the afternoon, when a bold dash was made to stampede the animals, 
which were herded on the bank of a lake, but this attempt was promptly met 
and defeated by Wilson's and Davy's companies of cavalry and six companies of 
the Sixth under Major McLaren, who were thrown out in an extended line to the 
left, effectually protecting that flank from the enemy. The Indians, foiled at all 
points, and having suffered serious losses in killed and wounded, retired from 
the field. At night earthworks were thrown up to secure the camp from night 
surprise. Thus ended the battle known as the Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake. 

The general was now convinced that the Indians were going toward the Mis- 
souri with the purpose of putting that river between themselves and his com- 
mand, and expecting General Sully's force to be there to intercept them, he was 
determined to push them on as rapidly as possible, inflicting all the damage he 
could in their flight. The campaign was well conceived, and had Sully arrived 
in time the result would undoubtedly have been the complete destruction or 
capture of the Indians. But low water delayed Sully to such an extent that he 
failed to arrive in time, and, as the sequel will show, they succeeded in crossing 
the river before Sibley could overtake them. 

THE BATTLE OF STONY LAKE. 

On the 28th of July, 1863, Indians were again seen, and in immense numbers 
they endeavored to encircle the troops. They certainly presented a force of 
2,000 fighting men, and had undoubtedly been reinforced by friends from the 
west side of the Missouri. Col. Baker was directed to deploy two companies as 
skirmishers, and the rest of the command was immediately placed in line, with 
Col. Crooks and the Sixth on the right, and Col. Marshall with the Seventh and 
McPhail's cavalry on the left. A tremendous effort was made to break our lines, 
but the enemy was repulsed at all points. Col. Baker, with the Tenth, bore the 
brunt of the fight, being in advance, where the assault was most furious and de- 
termined. The artillery did good work, but the Indians finally retreated and 
fled in a panic and rout toward the Missouri. They were hotly pursued, and on 
the 29th the troops crossed Apple Creek, a small stream a few miles from the 
present site of Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, and pushing on, struck 
the Missouri at a point about four miles above Burnt Boat Island. The Indians 
had succeeded in crossing the river with their families, but in a very demoralized 
condition as to supplies and camp equipage. They were plainly visible on the 
bluffs on the opposite side. It was here that Lieut. Beever lost his life while 
carrying an order; he missed the trail, and was ambushed and killed. Lieut. 
Beever was a young Englishman, who had volunteered to accompany the expedi- 
tion, and whom Gen. Sibley had placed upon his staff as an aid. 

Large quantities of wagons and other materials, abandoned by the Indians in 
their haste to cross the river, were destroyed. The bodies of Lieut. Beever and 
a private of the Sixth Eegiment, who was killed in the same way, were recovered 
and buried. It is very clear that the Indians, on learning of the magnitude of 
the expedition which was moving against them, never contemplated overcoming 
it in battle, and made their movements with reference to delaying its progress, 
while they pushed their women and children with all expedition toward and 
across the river, knowing there was no resting place for them on this side. They 
succeeded admirably, but their success was solely attributed to the failure of Gen. 



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THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA. 



Sully to arrive in time. Gen. Sibley's part of the campaign was carried out to 
the letter, and every man in it, from commander to private, is entitled to the 
highest praise. 

On the 31st of July the order was given to prepare for the march homeward, 
and on August 1st the command moved from camp at 5:30 A. iff. As was after- 
ward learned. Gen. Sully was then distant down the river one hundred and sixty 
miles. His delay was no fault of his, but was occasioned by insurmountable ob- 
stacles. The march home was a weary but uneventful one. The campaign of 
1863 may be summed up as follows: The troops marched nearly 1,200 miles. 
They fought three well-contested battles. They drove from 8,000^to 10,000 In- 
dians out of the state and across the Missouri Biver. They lost only 7 killed and 
3 wounded, and inflicted upon the enemy so serious a loss that he never again re- 
turned to his old haunts. For his meritorious services, Gen. Sibley was ap- 
pointed a major general by brevet on Xov. 29, 1865, which appointment was 
duly confirmed by the senate, and he was commissioned on April 7, 1866. 

In July, 1863. a regiment of cavalry was authorized by the secretary of war 
to be raised by Maj. E. A. C. Hatch, for duty on the northern frontier. Several 
companies were recruited and marched to Pembina, on the extreme northern 
border, where they performed valuable services and suffered incredible hardships. 
The regiment was called Hatch's Battalion. A full account of its service will be 
found in this volume under the head of " Hatch's Battalion." 

campaign or 1864. 

The Government wisely concluded not to let the Indian question rest on the 
results of the campaign of 1863. which left the Indians in possession of the coun- 
try west of the Missouri — rightly supposing they might construe their escape 
from General Sibley into a victory. It therefore sent out another expedition in 
1864, to pursue and attack them beyond the 3Iissouri. The plan and outfit was 
very similar to that of the year previous. General Sully was again to proceed 
up the Missouri with a large command and meet a force sent out from Minne- 
sota, which forces, when combined, were to march westward and find and pun- 
ish the savages if possible. The expedition as a whole was under the command 
of General Sully. It consisted of two brigades. The first composed of Iowa and 
Kansas infantry and cavalry and Brackett's Battalion to the number of several 
thousand, which was to start from Sioux City and proceed up the Missouri in 
steamboats. The second embraced the Eighth Begiment of Minnesota Volunteer 
Infantry, under Col. Thomas, mounted on ponies; the Second Minnesota Cav- 
alry, under Col. McLaren: and the Third Minnesota Battery, under Capt. Jones. 
The Second or Minnesota Brigade commanded by Col. Thomas. This brigade 
left Fort Snelling on June 1st and proceeded westward. General Sibley and 
staff accompanied it as far as Fort Bidgley, which point it reached on the 5th of 
June. On the 9th it passed "Wood Lake, the scene of the fight in 1862. About this 
point it overtook a large train of emigrants, on their way to Idaho, who had with 
them one hundred and sixty wagon-loads of supplies. This train was escorted to 
the Missouri Biver safely. The march was wearisome in the extreme, — intensely 
hot weather and very bad water, only enlivened by the appearance of an occa- 
sional herd of buffalo, a band of antelope, or a straggling elk. The James Biver 
was reached June 21st. The movements of the command were carefully watched 
by flying parties of Indians during its whole march. On July 1st the Missouri 
was reached at the point where now stands Fort Bice. General Sully and the 
First Brigade had arrived the day before. The crossing was made by the boats 
that had brought up the First Brigade. The column was immediately directed 
toward the Cannon Ball Biver, where 1,800 lodges of Indians were reported to be 
encamped. All bands of the enemy in the line of march fled before approaching 
troops. On the last of July the Heart Elver was reached, where a camp was 
formed and the teams and tents left behind. The command, thus relieved, 
pressed forward for an Indian camp eighty miles to the northward. On the 2d 
day of August the Indians were found in large numbers on the Big Knife Biver, 
in the Bad Lands. These were the Unca-Papah Sioux who had murdered a party 



CAMPAIGN OF 1864. 



753 



of Idaho miners the year before, and had given aid and comfort to the Minnesota 
refugee Indians. They were immediately attacked and a very spirited engage- 
ment ensued, in which the enemy was badly beaten and suffered severe losses. 
The place where this battle was fought was called Ta-ka-ho-ku-tay, or "The bluff 
where the man shot the deer." 

On the next day, August 3d, the command moved west through the Bad 
Lands, and just as they emerged from this terribly rugged country they were 
sharply attacked by a very large body of savages. The fight lasted through two 
days and nights, when the enemy retired in haste. They were very roughly 
handled in this engagement. For a fuller account of this campaign of 1864, 
reference is made to the chapters in this volume devoted to the history of the 
Eighth Minnesota Regiment, Braekett's Battalion and the Second Cavalry, which 
gives full and interesting details. 

General Sully then crossed to the west side of the Yellowstone River, where 
the weary soldiers found two government steamers awaiting them with ample 
supplies. In crossing this rapid river the command lost three men and about 
twenty horses. From this point they proceeded homeward by the way of Forts 
Union, Berthold and Stevenson, reaching Fort Rice on the 9th of September. 

On this trip General Sully located Forts Rice, Stevenson and Berthold. 

On reaching Rice considerable anxiety was felt for the fate of Capt. Fisk, 
who with a squad of 50 troops had left the fort as an escort to a train of Idaho 
emigrants and had been attacked 180 miles west of the fort, and been compelled 
to intrench. He had sent for reinforcements. General Sully sent him 300 men, 
who extricated him from his dangerous position. • 

The Minnesota brigade returned home by the way of Fort Wadsworth, where 
they arrived on September 27th. Here Major Rose with six companies of the 
Second Cavalry was left to garrison the post; the balance of the command 
reaching Fort Snelling on the 12th of October. 

In June, 1865, another expedition left Minnesota for the west under Col. Cala- 
han of Wisconsin, which went as far as Devil's Lake. Gen. Sully again took 
part in this movement. The first, second and fourth sections of the Third Min- 
nesota Battery also accompanied it. And again, in January, 1866, an expedition 
started from Fort Abercrombie, which included the first section of the Third 
Battery, under Lieut. Whipple. For a more detailed account of these two last 
movements, see in this volume the chapters devoted to the Third Minnesota 
Battery and Brackett's Battalion. 

These expeditions completed the Indian War of Minnesota, so far as our 
troops were distinctively engaged in it. In the numbers of Indians engaged, 
together with their superior fighting qualities, their armament and the country 
occupied by them, it ranks among the most important of the Indian wars fought 
since the first settlement of the country on the Atlantic coast; but when viewed 
in the light of the numbers of settlers and others massacred, the amount of 
property destroyed, and the horrible atrocities committed by the savages, it far 
surpasses them all. 



4S 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN THE SIOUX INDIAN 

WAR OF 1862. 



In preparing this roster, I have confined it to such organizations as were in 
service in the year 1862, as actual hostilities within the state ceased with that 
year. Quite a number of companies were formed in 1863-64, and even as late as 
1865; but as none of them performed more than home guard service, not involv- 
ing actual collision with the enemy, and as the space in this volume is very 
limited, I have felt justified in omitting them. I am largely indebted to the 
records of the adjutant general's office for such rosters as I have been able to 
present, which are compiled from pay vouchers and other papers found in that 
office. For the courtesy of Adjutant General Mullen and his assistants, so 
cheerfully extended to me in this work, I feel under great obligations. If any 
person or organization serving in the war has been omitted in this roster, it is 
from the paucity of the materials at my command in preparing it, and no one 
will regret any such omission more than myself. 

Chaeles E. Flandeau. 



ROSTER OF THE ST. PETEE FRONTIER GUARDS (CAPTAIN CHARLES E. FLANDRAU'S 
COMPANY), ON DUTY AT NEW ULM DURING THE INDIAN WAR, FROM THE 
19th UNTIL THE 26th OF AUGUST, 1862. PART OF THIS COMPANY WAS IN 
THE FIRST, AND ALL OF IT IN THE SECOND, BATTLE OF NEW ULM. 



Names. 



Ra>~k. 



Chas. E. Flandrau 

William B. Dodd.... 

Wolf H. Meyer 

G. A. Stark 

Miron Woodward . 

Chas. Staake... 

F. Lange 

P. S. Gardner 

Lawler Williams.... 

Fr. Gegler 

John Dohren 

Wm. Lehr 

Anderson, O 

Auderle, L 

Andrews, Edw 

Anderegg, C 

Austin, H 

Buell, S. A 

Burons, M 

Bergnik, John 

Bond, B. 

Bensen 

Bensen,P 

Bornemann 

Boutder, A 

Briggs, St 

Briggs, A. S 

Bratz, Wm 

Bittner, A 

Batter, Jacob.. 

Billingsby, T. D.... 

Bester,H 

Brady, 0 

Birdsal, I 

Bordmann 

Callahan, T, F 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant , 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Orderly Sergeant . 
3d Orderly Sergeant.. 
4th Orderly Sergeant 
5th Orderly Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

Private 

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Remarks. 



Elected Commander-in-Chief on the 20th of" 
August of all the forces at New Ulm. 

Provost Marshal Aug. 20th; declined and then, 
appointed 2d Commander; killed Aug. 23d. 

Appointed Captain August 20th. 



Wounded August 23d; went back to St. Peter. 
Afterward Governor. 

Prov. Marshal Aug. 20th, with rank of Captain_ 



With team. 



Horseman. 



THE ST. PETER FEONTIER GUARDS. 
Roster of the St. Peter Frontier Guards— Co ntinued. 




Condon, Wni 

Calsen.P 

Cora, Edward 

Cronen, M 

Cronen, John 

Cronen, Dan 

Crossen, Henry.... 

Clerk, John 

Cuttingham 

Conners, T 

Coffin, Samuel 

Dohlen, Thomas.. 

Dickert, Geo 

Drill, Fr 

Delaney, A 

Davison, M 

Dauer, Wenzel 

Dogherty, John.., 
Dorrington, John. 

Dingier, Dan , 

Daniels, A. W 

Estlar, W. C 

Ellis, O. R 

Friske, Chr 

Frey 

Flory, I. H 

Filler, And 

Fritz, Wm 

Gegham, Wm 

Green, James J 

Glas, G 

Gieske, G 

Ganske, M 

Huey, Wm 

Heton , 

Harff, Peter 

Habrich, John 

Hoberg, C 

Hagedorn, Fr 

Huggins, R 

Henson, N. C 

Hevemeier, 1 

Horst, John H 

Herkelrath, Chr... 
Hughes, Thomas.. 
Himbaught, A. G.. 

Hatcher, F. H 

Hatcher, K. E 

Hatcher, L 

Hayden, Wm. G... 

Haach,Max 

Harm, H 

Hermann, E 

Johnson, H 

Johnson, G 

Jackson, C. A 

Kaping, Fr 

Kunsel. 

Koeke, Gottlieb.... 

Kanby, D. S 

Kniff, James 

Krosinsky, A 

Lachapel, A 

Larkin, E 

Lindel, John 

Langharst, Wm.... 

Lund, I. E 

Leifer.F 

Ludke, A 

Ludeke, H 

Lord, I 

Lundholm 

Linder, Frank 

Lux, John 

McCollum, Isaac. 
McGraw, Nelson... 

Metzen, G 

Morrill, H 

Maas, Christian.... 
Maurer, Christian 

Martindale, L 

Morrison, P.. 

Miller, John 

McCee, John 

Mathias, T. A 

Michael, Math 

Moser, George 



Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
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Private., 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private. . 
Private . 
Private - 
Private. 
Private- 
Private . 
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Private. 
Private., 
Private- 
Private- 
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Private- 
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Private- 



Horseman. 

Physician. 
Wounded. 



1st Lieutenant Aug. 20th. 
Physician. 



Killed August 23d. 
Got sick. 



Horseman. 
Horseman. 

Wounded August 23d, 
Went to St. Peter. 
With team. 

Went back to St. Peter. 



Horseman. 



Wounded 23d of August. 



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ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 
Roster of the St. Petee Feoxtiee Guards — Continued. 



Names. 



Manv, R 

McCoy, Samuel C 

Monsen, H 

Miner, L. B 

Miller, E 

Nielsen, Jens 

Northrup, A 

Nelson, John 

Nielson, Nels 

Nagler, F. A 

O'Connor, Thomas..,. 

O'Brien, Daniel 

Olson, Nels 

Olson, Ed 

Olson, Even 

Patow, Louis 

Peterson, Andrew 

Farmer, J 

Pfefferle, R 

Petersen, John 

Petijohn, John 

Perseon, N 

Pratt, Geo 

Patch, L. O 

Prutsch.Wra 

Putnam 

Quane, P 

Quane, John 

Quane, Jerrv 

Koher, A. 

Rinkel, G 

Rendel, Ole 

Rice, H. N 

Redfield, Orren 

Ros 

Rounseville, D. T 

Rounseville, W. H. H 

Rounseville, E. A 

Rinksdorf 

Ray, Wm 

Raymond, J 

Summers, I 

Shaefer, Peter 

Stultz, Fr 

Stelzer, Phil 

Stelzer, Jacob 

Shave, E 

Struckman, Fr 

Stadmaker, Stephen.. 

Simons, M 

Simons, H. B 

Schulz, Michael 

Springel, Niels 

Stark, CP 

Smith, Hiram C 

Smith, John , 

Smith, M. W 

Scherer, George 

Snyder, John T 

Simonet, L 

Swift, H. A 

Torgeson, K 

Torrison, Nels 

Tongreen, A 

Tarmonv, H 

Thies, Frank 

Tyler, John 

Thomas, R 

Trogden.T. B 

Tolan, James 

Tolan, Edward 

Tomlinson, R. N 

Yeith, F. A 

Yielz, Nicholas 

Wilson, John 

Woods, Charles 

Wuetig, Fr 

Windhorn, Wm 

Woolsey.E 

Woolsev, Daniel 

Warner, H. L 

Zeutmeyer, Chas 




Remarks. 



Private. 

Private I 

Private 

Private j With team. 

Private | 

Private. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 

Private i 

Private ! With team. 

Private 

Private 

Private I 

Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 

Private t With team. 

Private 

Private Went to St. Peter. 

Private I 

Private Horseman; went to St. Peter. 

Private Horseman. 

Private 

Private With team. 

Private. 



Killed Aug. 23, 1862. 




Afterward Governor. 



Horseman. 



THE MANKATO COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS. 



757 



. ROSTER OF THE MANKATO COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS (CAPTAIN WILLIAM BIER- 
BAUER'S COMPANY). ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, UNDER GENERAL COMMAND OF 
COLONEL CHARLES E. FLANDRAU. IN SERVICE DURING THE SECOND ATTACK 
OF THE INDIANS ON THE TOWN OF NEW ULM. 



Names. 



William Bierbauer.. 
John F. Meagher.... 

Henry Ruegg 

James Shoemaker.... 

J. C. Haupt 

Henry Vahle 

Samuel D. Shaw 

Leonard Johnson.... 

Charles Heilborn 

E. P. Freeman 

Peter Krost 

Benjamin Stannard.. 

Andrews, Geo 

Andrews, Truman F 

Ash, J. R 

Andrews, F. M 

Burges, J. C 

Bennett, Chas 

Burns, Patrick 

Bigler, Jac >b 

Bierbauer, Jacob...... 

Blatt, Philip 

Bandy, T. B 

Clough, M 

Cheny, W. H 

Che.iy.B. F 

Cheny, John W 

Camficld, Dave A 

Comerl, Clemens 

Collins, A. M 

Coffin, B. Y 

Chilos, John C , 

Dole, Benedict 

Davis, Thos 

Fassat, John 

Freundler, Adam 

FeUerer, Theodore... 

Godfreid, Chester 

Gerlingcr, Michael ... 

Hade, H. L 

Haus, Joseph 

Heinze. Charles 

Houghton, N. E , 

Jefferson, Adam 

Kock, E. G 

liauer^Wm 

Long, Wm 

Michael, Hanlin , 

McMurtrie, Hugh.... 

Morris, Wm 

Moser, Frank 

Nicolson, John 

Nicolson, Wni 

Oberly, Xavier 

Power, John 

Plaff, Peter 

Phillipps, Anton 

Porter, G. W 

Porter, C. L 

Porter, Dan. W 

Plusky, John 

Roberts, Geo. A 

Ratches, David 

Reif, Emanuel 

Roos, Geo , 

Roos, Christ 

Rieger, Thos 

Rockey, W. H 

Sabbath, Geo 

Smith, A. G 

Shaw, C. B , 

Tyler, Aaron 

Tonner, Servis 

Taylor, S. B 

Tyner, D. H 

Ullmann, Peter 

Vigel, Chas 

Wagener, Oscar F... 

Wiscover, John 

Wood, Alexander 

White, Asa..., 



Rank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Commissary Sergeant 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Orderly Sergeant... 
3d Orderly Sergeant.. 
4th Orderly Sergeant. 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



Wounded in battle at New Ulm. 
Wounded in battle at New Ulm. 
Wounded in battle at New Ulm. 



Wounded in battle at New Ulm. 
Wounded in battle at New Ulm. 



Killed in battle at New Ulm. 



Killed in battle at New Ulm. 



758 



EOSTEE OF CITIZEN SOLDIEES. 
The Maxkato Company of Yolunteers — Continued. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


_ 




l These names, furnished by Capt. Bierbauer, 
\ do not appear on roster in Adjutant Gen- 
[ eral's office. 


















Gillen, Geo 


Private 










Trask, J. W 













EOSTEE OF COMPANY A OF THE FIEST BATTALION OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA 
(CAPTAIN CHAELES EOOS). ORGANIZED AT NEW TJLM ON AUG. 18, 1862, AND 
SEEVED ABOUT ONE MONTH. THIS COMPANY PAETICIPATED IN THE FIRST 
AND SECOND BATTLES OF NEW ULM. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Charles Roos 


Captain 




1st Lieutenant 


John Belru 


2d Lieutenant 




1st Sergeant 


John Spencer 


2d Sergeant 


John Roster 


3d Sergeant 


Adolph Seiter 


4th Sergeant... . 


August Schell 


5th Serjeant.. 
















4th Corporal 


William Petermann 






6th Corporal 




7th Corporal 




8th Corporal 










Adams, John 




















Bebser, Wilhelm 




Becker, George 














Private 














Franck, Wm 












































Hansburg, Chas 










Private 


Hein, August 




Ips, John 




Jacobs, Chas 












Kirchstein, Julius 




Kiesling, Hermann 




teibold, Peter F 













COMPANY A, FIRST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 759 
Rostee of Company A of the Fiest Battalion of Bbown County Militia — Continued. 



Mayer, John 

Mueller, Louis 

Metzer, Geo 

Magnus, Conrad 

Meyer, Henry 

Muther, Lorenz 

Prignitz, Christian 

Pfenninger, Jacob 

Pfeiffer, Jost 

Pfeiffer, George 

Peller, George 

Puenzel, Ferdinand 

Petersen, Albrecht 

Palmer, Alois 

Penser, Wilhelm 

Peller, John 

Pless, Wilhelm 

Panse, Julius 

Ring, Frederic 

Ryan, Mathew 

Scheible, Christian , 

Spellbrink, Christopher. 

Sannen, Anton 

Schenfler, Otto , 

Schumacker, Carl , 

Simon, David , 

Scheible, John 

Seiter, August 

Schmitz, Nicolaus 

Schmelz, Louis 

Soehler, Charles 

Schlumberger, John 

Vill, Otto 

Wiedemann, John 

Winkelman, Wm 



Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



Wnd. Aug. 19,'62, in battle with Ind's.New Ulm. 



Wnd. in battle with Ind's, New Ulm, Aug. 23/62. 



f 



760 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN LOUIS BUGGERT'S COMPANY OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 
ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED TILL AUG. 25, 1862. THIS COMPANY 
PARTICIPATED IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 



Louis Buggert 

Hermann Plath 

Bernard Baumgartner 

Ernst Brandt 

Wm. Roehl 

Ch. Krambeer 

Bangartner, Ben 

Baumgartner, Wm 

Baumgartner, M 

Brandt, C. Ch 

Buggert, Wm 

Buggert, Ch 

Frank, Fr 

Frank, Ch 

Guggesberg, G 

Gross, Philip 

Holm, John, Sr 

Holm, John, Jr. 

Hillesheim, Nic , 

Heimer, Stephen 

Hanser, Joseph 

Hoffman, Andreas 

Hillesheim, Math 

Hummel, Wm 

Hillesheim, Hubert .... 

Hillesheim, Joseph 

Henton, Robert 

Hellen, Peter 

Krischne,Fred 

Kretsch, Joseph 

Liesenfeld, T 

Lendt, T 

Liesenfeld, Peter 

Leitschen, Thomas 

Lange, Carl 

Manderfield, H 

Manderfield, Peter , 

Martin, Samuel 

Martin, John , 

Meissner, Wm 

Manderfield, Hub 

Nideeker, Ch 

Ohman, Fr., Sr 

Ohman, Fr., Jr 

Oswald, H 

Porepp, A 

Porepp, Fred , 

Reinatz, Ignatz 

Schroder, Fr 

Sahle, N 

Seibenbrunner, Math., 

Schultz.Ch 

Schuman, M 

Tastner, Alois , 

Zeng, Fr 



Captain , 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



COMPANY OF CITIZENS MUSTERED IN AT FORT ABERCROMBIE. 



761 



ROSTER OF A COMPANY OF CITIZENS MUSTERED IN AT FORT ABERCROMBIE BY 
ORDER OF CAPTAIN J. VAN DER HORCK, COMMANDANT OF THE POST, ON AUG. 25, 
1862. THIS COMPANY PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE FORT IN ALL 
THE ATTACKS MADE UPON IT, AND WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN T. D. SMITH. 



Names. 



T. D. Smith 

Benjamin Thompson.. 

H. J. Dunton 

George Ayres 

Edward Wright 

L. R. Bently 

P. Lamb 

James Bennett 



Geo. W. Newell.., 
Charles W. Snell. 

H. H. Mayo 

Gaiah Gervais 

R. Burgett 

Win. Coldwell 

C. McBeth 



Bean, John 

Brigham, John T 

Bingham, J. E 

Benschler, F. P 

Bridges, Mark 

Boyington.O 

Clark, Jesse E 

Clark, Burnham 

Covey, W.S 

Campbell, John 

Carver, OF 

Dierks, Henry 

Faben, Wm 

Few, John W 

Goff, L. S 

Gillon, Th 

Glazier, Henry F 

Haley, P 

Herberger, Carl 

Hill, J 

Hoffman, W , 

Kelly, J E 

Kerr, William L 

Kerr, James I 

Kent, Frank 

Laduc, Julien 

Lewiston, Lewis 

Lull, C. P. V 

McCauley, D 

McLeman, John 

Mclntyre, Malcolm..... 

McGregor, James 

Marvin, George B 

Moore, John 

Muslade, John , 

Oldfields David , 

Owens, James 

Probert, E. L , 

Probstfield, Paul 

Parks, Isaac 

Potts, Howard 

Ojuigg, James , 

Quigg, Hugh , 

Kamsdell, Joel 

Rogers, Gillman 

Ruchenell, Augustus.. 

Stiles, E. A 

Stokes, J. W 

Sterner, William 

Sandborne , 

Stone, Hiram , 

Spencer, Elisha S 

Summer, Charles 

Seely, Charles 

Tate, John 

Tate, H 

Thompson, W. O 

Thompson, Benjamin. 

Wolff, John 

Wright, Edwin M 

Wright, Mathew 

Wright, John 

Wright, Albert 

Zenzius, Peter 



Rank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant. 

1st Sergeant 

Sergeant , 

Sergeant , 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal , 

Ostler , 

Ostler , 

Ostler 

Herder 

Herder 

Herder 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private...".]....]] 
Private...]]]....". 
Private]]]...]]]]]] 

Private ....]]] 

Private].....]]]]]] 
Private...]]]]]]]]] 
Private]]]]]]]]]]]] 
Private]]]]]]]]]]]] 
Private 

Private]]]]]]]]]]]] 
Private].]]]]]]]]]] 

Private 

Private..]..'.]]]]]] 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



Killed in service by Indians Sept. 23, '62. 



Killed in service by Indians, with party sent 
to Breckenridge. 



Killed in action Sept. 6, '62. 



Severely wounded Sept. 23, '62. 



Killed in service by Indians. 



Severely wounded Sept. 3, '62. 



762 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN AMBROSE FREEMAN'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN, THE 
NORTHERN RANGERS. ORGANIZED AT ST. CLOUD AUG. 24, 1862, FOR THE 
RELIEF OF FORT ABERCROMBIE. TOOK PART IN SOME OF THE FIGHTS AT 
ABERCROMBIE. DISBANDED OCT. 14, 1862. 



Names. 



Ambrose Freeman.. 

Oscar Taylor 

Thomas C. Alden.... 

G. S. Malton 

John B. Marvin 

James C. Shepley.... 

Richard Polter 

James Carlisle 

George Beaupre 

John Kerr 

Benj. F. Davenport. 

A. Labonte 

J. R. Tracy 

John Bingham 

D. Burnham , 

Henry Baldwin 

Ambrose May hew... 

Joseph Martin 

Jacob Shauer. 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Captain , 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Quartermaster 

Q. M. and Com. Clerk. 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

Wagonmaster 

Blacksmith 

Teamster 

Teamster 

Teamster 

Teamster 



Barton, Albert G.. 

Blair, Bartly 

Buck, Theodore. 
Carter, Wesley., 

Clark, C. W 

Clark, John R., 

Conner, Wm 

Coissart, John. 

Coil, Wm 

Cook, Henry. 

Dahl, Ole 

Demerar, Nelson. 
Dibs, Thomas. 
Donald, Hugh O. 
Evans, L. A. 
Filmore, H. G. 
Follnisbee, H. 
Foster, Newton. 
Oarlington, Jesse. 
Garrison, O. E.. 
Gasper, Max.. 

Gervais, A 

Griggs, Adonirane.. 
Henna, J. F. 
Heinzen, Heinrich. 
Holes, Samuel. 
Johnson, George. 
Johnson, John. 
Liarsen, Peter. 
Lunkenheimer, Henry. 
McAlpen, John. 
Morina, George. 
Mills, James. 
Morgan, John. 
Morgan, Samuel. 
Noel, M. P.. 
Oleson, Ole. 
Peterson, Christ. 
Peterson, Peter. 
Peterson, John., 
Raymond, John H. 
Ridgley, D. H. 
Sawyer, R. B.. 
Simonton, John. 
Smith, Charles.. 
Stebbins, Joshua- 
Sims, L. G. 
Smith, Peter. 
Tanner, Elijah J. 
Tanner, James.. 
Taylor, Charles. 
Tokka, Wm. 
"Wade, Ira. 
Wilson, J. C, 

Wilson, Wm. W Private. 

Wyman, Fred Private. 




THE WINNEBAGO CITY GUARDS. 



763 



FOSTER OF THE WINNEBAGO CITY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN H. W. 
HOLLEY. ORGANIZED AUG. 23, 1862. DISBANDED SEPT. 7, 1862. SERVED IN 
COL. CHARLES E. FLANDRAU'S COMMAND ON THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER. 



Names. 



H. W. Holley. 

Jesse Dunham 

John Allen 

B. C. Hinkle 

D. S. Law 

Geo. F. Cleveland. 

W. W. Seely 

B. E. Drake 

P. Latimer , 

F. E. Shephard 

Daniel Wier 



Anderson, J. W 

Austin, P. F 

Bartlett, L 

Budd, Wm. H 

Burt, G. C , 

Bennett, F. R , 

Cady, A. W 

Denden, Frank. , 

Cleveland, G. K , 

Christy, Luther 

Clark, W 

Dudley, Loyal 

Edely, F.J 

Fobes, C. B 

France, J 

Goodnow, G. C , 

Goodnow, G. H 

Goodnow, J. C 

Haynes, M. B ..... 

Jenness, Thomas 

Latimer, J. S 

Latimer, A 

Lucas, Thomas 

Mason, A. D , 

Mason, B. M 

McCalley, James , 

McCalley, Nathaniel. 

Moore, Andy , 

Morse, D. H 

Moulton, G. K 

Nforman, Andrew 

Nelson, George 

Nelson 

Kadoo, W 

Rhodes, E 

Ross, F. E 

Richardson, J 

Richardson, Silas 

Sherwin, Geo. C 

Shoefelt, H. C 

Shoefelt, S. H 

Stevens, E 

Taplin, A 

Thayer, J 

Waller, S 

Washburn, J 

Woodruff, J. C 

Welch, J. H 



Rank. 



Captain — 

1st Lieutenant , 
2d Lieutenant . 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

1st Corporal.... 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal.. .. 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private- 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



764 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE NICOLLET COUNTY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN A. M. BEAN. 
ORGANIZED IN NICOLLET COUNTY, AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED AT NEW ULM 
IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 




A. M. Bean 

C. A.Stines 

Samuel Coffin 

Bean, P.N 

Coro, E. G 

Coy wood, Hiram 

Dickenson, Merrick 

Friend, Andrew 

Hays, James 

Kennedy, Frank , 

Otto, Henry 

Otto, Ferdinand 

Parker, James 

Thompson, T. B 

Thurston, A. H 

Wethrel, Charles...., 
Williams, Thomas... 
Williams, Griffith... 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant . 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



CAPT. POST'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED INFANTRY. 



765 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN C. L. POST'S COMPANY OF FILLMORE COUNTY VOLUNTEER 
MOUNTED INFANTRY. ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 6, 
1862. THIS COMPANY WAS IN COL. CHAS. E. FLANDRAU'S EXPEDITION FOR 
THE DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER. 



Names. 



CI. Post , 

Fred Atchison 

Peter McCracken.. 

George Hoy 

T. C. Robinson , 

S. Russell 

J. R. Malone 

Arey Duey 

N. V. Baker 

E. V. Farrington ... 
L. Postle 

D. Hamil 

Samuel Hamlin 

E. Thurber 

W. H. Carsen 

B. F. McVey 

Isaac E. Grout 

King, Richard 

Abbott, C. C 

Abbro, M. H 

Adams, A. S 

Alten, Fr. P 

Atehison, Smith 

Bryant, A. E 

Balch, John 

Butrick, Thos 

Benson, L. M 

Blacker, I. S 

Carduff, Isaac 

Carduff, James 

Cowley, N 

Christie, I. S 

Davis, W. F 

Ege;leston, S 

Edwards, M. C 

Mscher, G. C 

Finch, A. W 

Green, b. R 

Gore, Chas 

Glasgow, L. J 

Henderson, Ira 

Hand, Wm 

Hathaway, E. H.... 

In galls, Philo 

King, Michael 

King, John 

Iiea, James 

Lester, Willard 

Luse, David 

Lumbard, A. G 

Malone, T. R 

McDermott, James, 

Oleson, Ole 

Pulley, Mark 

Retford, A 

Stage, Henry 

Smith, R. M 

Simmons, John 

Shipton.S. G 

TJtley, T. C 

Walker, Hiram 

Wall, F. P 

White, SirasJ 

Waller, Adolph 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant. 

1st Sergeant 

Quartermaster 

Assistant Quartermaster, 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

5th Corporal 

Baggagemaster. 

Teamster 

Teamster 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



766 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY A, FILLMORE COUNTY VOLUNTEER MILITIA, COMMANDED 
BY CAPTAIN N. P. COLBURN. ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL 
OCT. 4, 1862. THIS COMPANY SERVED WITH COL. CHARLES E. FLANDRAU IN 
HIS EXPEDITION FOR THE PROTECTION AND DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN 
FRONTIER. 



Names. 




Remarks. 



N. P. Colburn Captain 

Harvey C. Marsh 1st Lieutenant 

George Onstine 2d Lieutenant 

Ephram McMurtre Quartermaster 

Wm, W. Fife Assistant Quartermaster 

Alvin B. Tillotson I 1st Sergeant 

Justin Seelye 2d Sergeant 

Stephen Carpenter 3d Sergeant 

Jos. P. Howe 4th Sergeant 

A. Millford 5th Sergeant 

Sam. M. Hunt Corporal 

H. M. Onstine I Corporal 

Robert Richardson [ Corporal 

Thomas Tuft Corporal 



Andrews, 0. A 

Allen, Youngs 

Bliss, L. O 

Brvon, D 

BUlmat, T. B 

Baker, G. A | Private. 

Burnhaim, Edward j Private. 

Buckmister, R. S 

Brown, T. X , 

Brown, James C 

Cathcart.I 

Comstock, L. E 

Cleghorn, John 

Chase, T. P 

Carnegia, John 

Chandlier, John 

Dickev, Andrew 

Bay, F. H 

Donaldson, Gilbert Private. 

Donald, Henry Private. 

Eddv, George Private. 

Elliott, Williams Private. 

Franklin, H Private. 

Fav, N.E Private. 

Fay, M. C Private. 

Franklin, I. D Private. 

Foot, James Private. 

Frazier, Frank Private. 

Flemming, Robert Private., 

Graham, C. M I Private., 

Gale, Henry I Private. 

Gore, M. H Private., 

Galbraith, John I Private., 

Higlev, David j Private , 

Hutchins, W. L | Private., 

Ham.I.M I Private.. 

Ham, A. A j Private.. 

Hashness, L. S 

Hashness, Lewis 

Hicks, B. G 

Ives, Stephen 

Jones, D 

Johnson, John 

Knox, C. Y 

Kemple, John 

Kingbury, E. S 

Lashmet, A 

Lashmet, John 

Lint, Elias 

Lindeman, I 

Larkin, Wm 

Means, James 

McGowan, George 

Morrow, H. A 

MeMurphv,C. N 

Means, L. F , 

Merion, Aason 

Mo wry, Henry , 

Newell, Joseph I Private 

Newton, A. A i Private 

Newcommes, S. B Private 

Ober, Luther Private 

Osen, Moses Private 

Prosser, H. C Private 

Pulver, I. B Private 




THE LE SUEUR TIGEES, NO. 1. 767 
Eoster of Company A, Fillmore County Volunteer Militia — Continued. 



Names. 



Protsman, A 

Perry, Stephen 

Potter, G. L 

Priest, John 

Plumtaux, John, Sr 
Plumtaux, John, Jr 

Rose, Howard 

Root, F. B 

Risen, T.D 

Streeter, E. S 

Sturgeon, Robert 

Starr, Joseph T 

Seelige, D. W 

Sims, John 

Serfling, E. A 

Schweitzer, Jacob.... 

Sherburne, H.N 

Stroud, Wm 

Stroud, James R 

Stephens, William... 

Taylor, Wm 

Tillotson, Henry 

Vought, I 

Warner, Geo. B 

Wilkinson, William. 

Williams, Watts 

Wheeler, Chas. E 

Walker, S. F 

Workman, R 

Woster, Q. A 

Ward, Henry 



Remarks. 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



EOSTEE OF THE LE SUEUE TIGEES, NO. 1, UNDEE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM 
DELLAUGHTEE. OEGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 27, 1862. 
WEEE IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 



William Dellaughter., 

A. M. Edwards 

Jaoob Frank 

Charles Schemer 

Isaac Allen 

Hollman Morrill 

Benjamin Birdsall 

Stowbeck 

James Foland 

George Hunt 

Judson Cogswell 

Benj. Cosby 

Henry Birdenthal 

Henry Cramour 

C. P. Nason 

Sebastian Groshaus.... 



Butman, L. G. 
Birdsall, Jesse.. 



Bacon, Ezra 

Burch, Perry... 

Bangs, A.W 

Butteauz, Ferdinand. 

Burgers, N. S 

Cottingham, Niles , 

Coggswell, Norman... 

Carpenter, S. B 

Crary, O. M 

Cosly, Benj 

Cook, Geo 

Case, Warren 

Dane, C. A 

Davis, S. W 

Davis, E. A 

Davis, Henry 

Dunnin, William 

Diescher, T 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant. 
2d Lieutenant.. 

Orderly 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

5th Corporal.. .. 
6th Corporal. 
7th Corporal. 
8th Corporal. 

Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 



Remakes. 




Killed; bullet through head. 



68 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 
Roster of the Le Sueur Tigees. No. 1 — Continued. 



N A3CES. 



Rusk. 



Davis, EJL 

Doescher, A. L._ 

Poland, Edward 

Fischer, B. F_ 

Fan-ax, Charles W 

Freeman, George 

Gazzel, A- J 

Gershaw, D 

Hannie, Christian 

:" '?.:: : 

Hughes, a A 

Heinker, John. .. 

Hinze, Herman. 

Hemingwav, M. S 

Hodges, S.L...._. 

Hesehelrath, Nicholas. 

Harris, James , 

Herslay, Benj 

Hanrahan, S" 

Iletr, John, Jr 

Bert, John, Sr.~. 

Kiirri, ChaaL 

leiber, John L. 

Lelone, Anthonv 

Losky, William'. 

Miles, Samuel 

Miles, John 

Miles, Pharaoh- 

Cizrk „. 

McKey, Thomas H 

Munron, H 

Myrick, C G 

Oehler, Joseph. 

Peek, A. E_ 

Penes, Alexander 

Plowman, Henrv 

Paul, J. C .". 

Pinnev,C.>... 

F./: :•. ••• i.iiana 

Redfield, Orrin 

Rany, J. M 

Sherwood, Joseph 

Smith, E. E. 

Stowbeck, A 

Smith, John... 

Smith, Geo. E 

Shamle,2seholas 

Smithson, Luke 

Smith, JohnE 

Tappe, John.- 

Tourley, Eoss 

Thurston, John 

Travis, Wm. E 

Tourlev, Geo. M 

Wevl, William 

Williams, J. N 

Watermann, William... 
Zimmermann, Jacob.... 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
rr;;:r 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Fri i: 
Private- 
Private- 

Private Killed. 

Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private-. 
Private-. 
Private- 
Private-. 
Private- 
Private- ■ 
Private-- 
Private-- 

Private Wounded in the arm. 

Private j 

Private. ~ 

Private Wounded and died 

Private 

Private 

Private [ 

Private i 

Private 

Private I 

Private ! 

Private 

Private ! 

Private 



* 



THE ST. PETER GUARDS. 



769 



ROSTER OF THE ST. PETER (NICOLLET COUNTY) GUARDS, COMMANDED BY LIEUT. 
WILLIAM HUEY. ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED EIGHT DAYS. THIS 
COMPANY WAS AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 



Wm. Huey., 



Bringesall, Evan 

Cronen, Daniel 

Delaney, Andrew 

Floro, J. H 

Fry, Lawrence 

Hanson, H 

Maney, Kichard 

Nayler, Flavius 

Nelson, James 

Oleson, Even 

Oleson, Halva 

Oleson, Nels 

Petersen, John 

O^uinn, John 

JRindall, Oley 

Hounseville, W. H. H. 

Rounseville, E A 

Simons, H. B 

Simons, M 

Smith, Henry 

Smith, John 

Torgason, K 

Tylor, John 



1st Lieutenant.. 



Remarks. 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 



49 



770 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF LE SUEUR TIGERS, NO. 2, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN E. C. SAUN- 
DERS. ORGANIZED AUG. 20, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 27, 1862. WERE IN 
THE BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 



Rake. 



Remarks. 



E. C. Saunders 

Geo. W. Stewart 

Geo. Plowman 

J. B. Swan 

O. B. Smith 

John A. Pfarr 

H. W. Mendenhail. 

Wm. Maloney 

James Doherty 

Henry Kinsey 

J. Reed 

Thomas Hazzard... 

E. T. Jones 

A. Horrisberger 

M. M. Hvnson 

W. H. Hazzard 



Aherin, M 

Andrews, W 

Bergen, C 

Burns, D 

Crosby, L 

Coffee, J 

Dougherty, S 

Fowler, Thomas 

Gordon, A 

Herrick, Seth , 

Hetherstone, M 

Harrisberger, P , 

Iten, J 

Inihoff, D 

Kulp, W 

Kleak, R 

Iandermann, F. W. 

Lienhart, C 

Lamm, George 

Murrey, Wm 

McKee, J , 

Mayderoz , 

~Soys t J 

Pfeiffer, A 

Paul, C A.............. 

Reagan, H , 

Roman, C , 

Sundermann, H 

Saunders, A J 

Smith, C 

Stauff, Pete. 

Schuell, W 

Thomas, A 

"Wise, S. J 

Wilson, S 

Wise, J. A. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant. 

2d Lieutenant .. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

j 4th Corporal.. .. 

] 5th Corporal 

: 6th Corporal 

7th Corporal 

8th Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 



Severely wounded. 



Killed. 



Slight wound in hip. 



Killed. 



Killed. 



COMPANY ATTACHED TO COMPANY B, NINTH REGIMENT. 771 



ROSTER OF COMPANY OF CITIZENS ORGANIZED AND ATTACHED TO COMPANY B, 
NINTH REGIMENT, CAPTAIN RICHARD STROUT. SERVED WITH HIM DURING 
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1862, PERFORMING ACTIVE SERVICE IN AND ABOUT 
GLENCOE, FOREST CITY AND HUTCHINSON. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN SEV- 
ERAL SHARP SKIRMISHES WITH THE INDIANS. 



Names. 



Adkies, F 

Allen, Wm. C 

Blondo, Jim 

Bothimick, R. C... 

Brauam, Wm 

Corrett, O 

Cushin, T. M 

Cushin, M 

Dougherty, A. J.. 

Douglas, C. H 

Day, J. W 

Frederick, A 

Florida, Joel 

Gemache, George 

Green, John... 

Hale, J. P 

Ham, C. D 

Hawkins, D. C 

Hucking, J. C 

Hart, J 

Higgins, J. C 

Hoag, A... 

Hanscom, A. B 

Johnson, O 

jLaraway, A 

Little, G. W 

McNeil, Neil 

McConnell, J. C. ., 
Morrison, G. H.... 

Mirch, J. P 

Mayer, Robert , 

Morrison, T. C 

Marshall, James... 
Marshall, Thos.... 

Perkins, T. R 

Roer, A 

Rise, A. H 

Stone, Edwin 

Sweeney, James... 

Smith, A. A 

Sweesing, Fred... 

Snell, S. D 

Tippin, F 

Thompson, N. R.. 
Wolverton. J. A.. 




Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



Wounded. 



Wounded. 



Wounded in the head. 
Wounded; shot through arm. 
Wounded in the side. 



Wounded. 

Wounded in the hip. 



Killed. 



Wounded in the cheek. 



772 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE ST. PAUL CULLEN GUARDS, MOUNTED MEN, UNDER COMMAND 
OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. CULLEN. ORGANIZED ON THE BREAKING OUT OF 
THE INDIAN WAR, AND ACCOMPANIED COL. -HENRY H. SIBLEY ON HIS EXPE- 
DITION IN 1862. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Hyrarn St il well 

J."F. Morrison 

Ash, Thomas 

Atchley, Albert 

Braina'rd, Henry J 

Carpenter, F. C 

Casey, James. 

Clayton, Richard 

Cullen, Orlan O 

Daniels, Rinaldo G 

Derhan, Hugh 

Fasquer, James 

Farquaer, Robert 

Gress, John M 

Hurly, William 

Knight, A. F 

L-unkenheimer, John.. 

Maher, James F 

Manley, Albert 

Petersen, P. N 

Pillert, Charles 

Pulle, Frank 

Rischmiller, Augustus 



Sergeant. 
Sergeant, 

Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private .. 
Private... 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



THE SIBLEY GUARDS. 



773 



ROSTER OF THE SIBLEY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE C. WHIT- 
COMB. THEY WERE RAISED AT FOREST CITY, AT THE OPENING OF THE INDIAN 
WAR, AND SERVED ACTIVELY IN AND ABOUT GLENCOE, FOREST CITY AND 
HUTCHINSON FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS, PARTICIPATING IN SEVERAL SHARP 
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE INDIANS. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Geo. C. Whitcomb 




James B. Atkinson 
















Daniel McGraw 




F. G. Gould 




A. F. Heath 


1st Corporal 


H. T. Hill 


2d Corporal 


T. C. Jewett 












R. B. Robston 




N. W. White 




A. B. Hoyt 




Bradshaw, John H 




Branham, J. V., Jr 




Boarman, Henry 








Condon, Patrick 








Caswell, William 




Chapin, Debonson 




Grapson, Thomas 








Gibbins, Oliver 




Garrison ^James B 








Heath, John 




Hamilton, Andrew 




Holmes, Th. J 




Holbrook, Wm. P 








Johnson, Henry 




Kenegar, Herman 




Kenegar, Charles 




I.utons, Henry 




Laney, James 




McGrow, Cornelius. 




McGrow, Michael 




May bee, CD 


Private 


Mousley, Alfred 


Private 


Mickebson, Halver 


Private 


Nelson, Andrew 


Private 




Private 


Oleson, Abege 




Page, Geo. R 


Private 


Pay son, C. E 




Rogers, Jerome 


Private 




Private 


Sholes, Geo. S., Sr 


Private 


Stevens, Sylvester 


Private 


Smith, A. C 


Private 


Smith, Henry L 




Sporry, Abbot 


Private 


Smith, Torey 


Private 




Private 




Private 


Todd, 0. B 


Private 




Private 


White, S. W 


Private 


Wilcox, Win 


Private 


Waggoner, Geo. W 









Remarks. 



Bullet wnd. in shoulder in battle at Forest City. 



Shot through thigh in battle at Inver Grove 
September 1st. 



Bullet through left lung in battle at Acton 
Sept. 3, '62. 

Wounded in hand and hip at Peterson's field 
Sept. 2, '62. 



Wounded in hand in battle of Acton. 



Wnd. in shoulder at Forest City Sept. 4, '62. 



Wounded in thigh in battle at Peterson's field 
Sept. 2, '62. 



774 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE LAFAYETTE COMPANY. ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED 
UNTIL AUG. 26, 1862. COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN SIDEL DEPOLDER. SERVED 
IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Sidel Depolder 

Mathias Lump 

Friederich Frische 

Charles Frank 

Altman, Marzel 

Brand, George 

Ellenstorfer, Wolfgang 

Hartman, John 

Hartman, Peter 

Hinderman, Jacob 

Julius, Frederick, Jr... 
Julius, Frederick, Sr...., 

Junker, Johan 

Jess, Michael 

Kniell, Friedrich 

Klinger 

Kuschnek, Nicolaus 

Kuschnek, Jacob 

Katzenberger, Geo 

Maesch, Bernhard 

Michelsky, Joseph , 

Mick el, George 

Pless, William 

Kasch, Andreas 

Rudolph, Martin 

Simmet, Johan 

Simmet, Peter , 

Saurer, Joseph 

Strade, Friedrich 

Schidel, Adematz 

Spieker, John 

Schapekahm, J. H .. 

Tetter, Jacob. , 

Wager, Gottlieb 

Wall, Meinrad 

Wendinger, Joseph. ... 
Zollner, Hayer 



2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private..... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS. 



775 



ROSTER OF THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D. L. 
DAVIS. ORGANIZED AUG. 24, 1862. 



Names. 



D. L. Davis 

■Charles Parks 

Wm. P. Scofield 

C. W. Crosby 

James McGuinness 

William Stone 

A. M. Knox 

Ulysses Tanner 

Harlow Van Vleit... 

A. J. Bryant 

Eugene Stone 



Anderson, Swan 

Anges, James R 

Card, Sherman 

Eichlberger, Peter 

Emme, Julius 

Fotherby, Robert 

Hoffstatder, John 

Kennison, H. P 

liemay, Napoleon 

Maneval, John , 

McGuire, Frank 

McGinnis, William... 

O'Toole, Peter 

Pettijohn, Daniel 

Reese, James 

Riddle, William 

Stewart, Geo. B 

Smith, Sidney 

Stanton, Stiles 

Stranahan, C. H 

Sanborn, H. M 

Torbenson, John 

'Van Vleit, C. E 

Weed, Warren H 

Williamson, William. 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant., 
2d Lieutenant. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal. 
3d Corporal. 
4th Corporal. 




776 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN BELM'S COMPANY OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT, 
THIRD BRIGADE, MINNESOTA MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM ON AUG. 18, 
1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 25, 1862. TOOK PART IN FIRST AND SECOND 
BATTLES OF NEW ULM, ON AUG. 19 AND 23, 1862. 



Names. 



John Belm 

Anton Zieher 

Anton Graf , 

Herman Herrenderfer. 
Heinrich Christophel... 

Julius Brunck 

John Spenner 

August Schell 

Jacob Mueller 

George Jacobs 

Carl Wagner 

German Triton 

Pfitzer 

John Hauenstein 

Louis Theobald 

John Toberer 



Adams, John 

Amman, Lorenz 

Albrecht, Carl 

Appel, Henry 

Barth, G. W. Otto... 
Baumler, Edward... 

Betz, Andreas 

Baer 

Bernd, Julius 

Beinhorn, F 

Bergmann 

Bosche, Henry 

Biller 

Brockmann 

Bernhard 

Barbier, Jacob 

Castor, Jacob 

Claussen 

Cirkler,H 

Dehn, John , 

Daebereimer, John. 

Duval, Franz , 

England 

Frick 

Fay, L 

Fischer, R 

Foster, Fred 

Foster, Sam 

Flick, Edmund 

Freton, August 

Graf, Heinrich 

Gropper, Peter 

Gallis 

Gommel, Frederick.. 

Guetling, Julius 

Guetling, Wilhelm.. 

Guetlich, George 

Gebser, Wni 

Gassman, John 

Hartman, Henry 

Hess 

Hammer, Henry 

Hansmann 

Hartmick, Joseph... 

Herrimann 

Heers, F 

Hin, A 

Hiniz, T 

Hauenstein, W 

Held, C. F 

Held, A 

Hiller, D 

HofFmann, W 

Hitz, John 

Imniel, Frederick.... 

Ips, John 

Jungbauer 

Jacobs, Charles 

KieslingjW 

Kirchstein, Julius.... 

Kaiser. 

Kablfeld.Wm 

Kiesling, H 

Kiesling, A 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant. 
2d Lieutenant , 
1st Sergeant . 

Sergeant. 
3d Sergeant. 
4th Sergeant.. 
5th Sergeant., 
1st Corporal. 
2d Corporal.. 
3d Corporal.. 
4th Corporal . 
5th Corporal.. 
6th Corporal.. 
7th Corporal.. 
8th Corporal.. 



Remarks. 



Died from wounds received in battle. 



Killed in battle. 



Killed in battle. 



Wounded in battle. 
Wounded in battle. 





Wounded in battle. 
Wounded in battle. 
Wounded in battle. 



Wounded. 



Wounded. 
Wounded. 



Killed in battle. 



CAPTAIN JOHN BELM>S COMPANY. 
Roster of Captain John Belm's Company — Continued. 



777 



Names. 



Kirchstein, Julius, Jr.. 
Kumniel, Joseph, Sr... 

Kummel, Franz, Jr 

Krebs, John 

Krahmer, Edward 

Kuhl 

Kirch, N 

Krech 

Knapp 

Iieonhard, L 

Lehrer, Michael 

Lauterback, Michael- 
Meyer, Malhaens 

Michaels, John C 

Meyer, A 

Magnus, Conrad 

Milius, Charles 

Numbs, John 

Nolle 

Nine, John 

Pfan, Charles 

Penser, F 

Pauli, Charles 

Phenninger, Jacob 

Panse, Julius 

Popp 

Pensser, Wm 

Pfaff.Sam 

Quense, A... 

Rehfeld 

Eopke, Aug 

Rockstroh 

Rudolph, John C 

Eaessel 

Schramm 

Spierhaare 

Seiter, August 

Schlighting, Berthold. 

Stamm, John 

Schwertfeger, August.. 

Senzke, Leopold 

Stumle, Adolph 

Schillock, Daniel G 

Scheuffler, Otto 

Springer, W 

Steinhauser, Henry.... 

Schmidt, Carl 

Strecker, Adolph 

Sonnen, Anton 

Sonnen, I 

Soehler 

Schmelz, Alois 

Seiter, Adolph 

Stolte, Jacob 

Schlumberger, John 

Treiberg 

Vogel 

Vill.Otto 

Victor, John 

Wild, John 

Wesn, Alois .. 

"Westphal, August 

Wens,N 

Winkler, H 

Wiedemann, John 

Wehrs, Theodore 




Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private. 
Private 
Private, 
Private 
Private, 
Private. 
Private, 
Private, 
Private 
Private, 
Private, 
Private. 



Remarks. 



Killed in battle. 
Killed in battle. 



Killed in battle. 



Killed in battle. 

Died at St. Paul from wounds. 

Wounded in battle. 



Wounded in battle. 



778 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH ANDERSON'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN (THE 
CULLEN GUARDS). IN SERVICE DURING- THE INDIAN OUTBREAK, FROM AUG. 
22, 1862, TO SEPT. 28, 1862. UNDER COMMAND OF COLONEL SIBLEY IN HIS EX- 
PEDITION OF 1862. PART OF THIS COMPANY WENT FROM ST. PETER TO THE 
RELIEF OF NEW ULM, AND NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS IN THE BATTLE OF 
BIRCH COOLIE. 



Names. 



Joseph Anderson 
Jasper Brown 
Geo. Turnbull 

H. L. Atchley 

Robert Baxter, 

I. L. Elliot.. 
L. B. Gregg, 

Wm. D. Rogers 

Geo. W. Thompson 
William Pope 
J. C. Hooper 
I. T. Farley 

Richard Freeman. 
A. B. Durain. 
Joseph Cursole., 
F. C. Griswold., 
J. P. Kratka. 
D. M. Smith. 

Samuel Snow Blacksmith. 

Thomas Barton Farrier. 

Martin Nelson 
Geo. Mitchel 

Abel, C. L. 
Allen, L. D, 
Brown, Geo. W, 
Bunker, A. H 

Boyer, Peter 
Burkman, Peter 



Cunningham, James 

Connelly, Edward 
Cable, E. D 
Cardwell, C 
Cody, J. S 
Dries, Nicholas 
Drean, Jerry 
Dashney, Geo 
Earle, E. N 
Earle, C. A, 
Eldridge, J. H, 
Egan, James J 
Freeman, Jacob, 
Fandle, Henry 
Galleraith, John 
Goodman, John 
Gibbins, Richard 
Hart, W. L 
Hewitt, Girard, 
Holmes, Charles 

Hardy, Thomas 
Heard, L V. D, 



Hansing, Charles 
Harta, John 
Imhoff, Peter 
Kerslake, Geo. F 
Kearney, James 
Kingborn, John 
Martin, John 
Marvin, D. C. 
Mapopat, Wilson 
Mills, George.. 
Osier, Joseph 
Saulsbury, Chas. C 
Stoltz, Frederick, 
Thiel, Lewis, 




Remarks. 



Furloughed by Col. Sibley August 29th, and 

never reported again for duty. 
Killed September 2d, battle of Birch Coolie. 

Promoted to captaincy on Col. Sibley's staff 

August 28th. 
Furlougbed by Col. Sibley August 29th; never 

reported again for duty. 
Detailed August 25th as Regimental Q. M. Sgt. 

Promoted 3d Sergeant September 4th. 
Detailed as Sergeant August 29th, in place of 
W. D. Rogers, absent. 



Dangerously wounded September 2d, battle of 
Birch Coolie. 



Wounded September 2d, through both arms, 
battle of Birch Coolie. 

Detailed to assist in Regtl. Com. Dept. Sept. 28, 
'62; wounded in battle of Birch Coolie Sept. 2, 
'62, through both thighs, and also ruptured 
during said engagement. 

Wounded September 2d, dangerously, through 
left shoulder, at Birch Coolie. 



Detailed to assist in Com. Dept. Aug. 28, '62. 
Wounded through right thigh Sept. 2 '62. 



Killed September 2d. 



Dangerously wounded; since died. 



Detailed to care for sick and wounded; faith- 
fully discharged his duties until October 7th. 

Detailed and promoted to Sergeant Major of 
regiment Aug. 28, '62; afterward made re- 
corder of commission which tried the Indi- 
ans, and Adjutant of all the mounted troops. 



Wounded Sept. 2d, at battle of Birch Coolie. 



THE FRONTIER AVENGERS. 
Roster of the Cullen Guards — Continued. 



779 



Names. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 




Private 


Appointed 4th Sergeant August 28th, in place 
of Gregg, promoted. 


Troxel, C. P 


Private 


Valient, Alfred 


Private 


Weaver, Geo. A 


Private 


"Wintermute, Chs 


Private 







BOSTER OF THE FRONTIER AVENGERS, 
COX. ORGANIZED AT ST. PETER ON 
LIEF OF NEW ULM, ARRIVING AUG. 



COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN E. ST. JULIEN 
AUG. 23, 1862, AND MARCHED TO THE RE- 
24, 1862. 



Names. 



E. St. Julien Cox. 

John Holbert 

James MeCleary.. 

W.E. Cullen 

Geo. Edwards 

James Corcoran... 

Dennis Maher 

Patrick Lyons 

<2. Dressel 

John Hicks 

Ed. Hartey 

G. G. Miller 

L. Morton 

I. Lawrie 

I. Laloud 



Anthony, C , 

Tiucker, Henry 

Burke, Hobart , 

Callihan, P 

Carr, James 

Carr, Thomas 

Carrol, Daniel 

Trass, G.G 

Foster, Lawrence 

-Hosteter, Christ 

Harty , John 

Hennesey, M 

Iten, Jacob 

Iten, Michael 

Itouse, Anton , 

Xarkin, E 

Lany,P 

JMEurtaugh, Timothy. 

Pelzell, Chs 

Paulson, John 

Peker, John 

<Juane, Patrick 

Kitz, Andrew 

Randall, Boyd 

Randall, James 

Rolfson, Peter 

Smith, P. W 

Studmire, John 

Sullivan, John 

Schibley, Q 

TVilgin, Wm 

Wilson, James 

Whiton, L 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.... 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private .... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



780 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE RENVILLE RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JAMES GORMAN. 
ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL NOV. 28, 1862. WERE IN BAT- 
TLES OF FORT RIDGLEY AND WOOD LAKE. 



Names. 



James Gorman 

Theophyle Richer 

John McCoke 

Warren Carey , 

Louis Arner 

Diendonner Sylvester. 
Roufer Beurger 



Amot, Eurgel 

Auge, Joseph 

Baker m an, George... 
Berthieuson, Rock... 

Bibeau, Edward , 

Bourcier, John , 

Breuell, Samuel 

Carpenter, David 

Campbell, John 

Campbell, Jaire 

Chose, Antoine 

Dagenais, Geo 

Dauzer, Frederic 

Danzer, Henry 

Demer, Algis 

Demers, Francois 

Dickinson, Carlton... 

Delaney, James 

Fortier, Joseph 

Hoback, Richard L. 

Labate, George 

Lacroitz, Frederick. 

Leclaire, Suprien 

Lucier, Medore 

Milard, Joseph , 

Mireau, Moses , 

Morin, Thobule 

Mitchel. Charles 

Murk, A. B 

Pflainer, Henry. ..... 

Pole, Ernest 

Pierce, Henry 

Paro, Joseph 

Quinn, Thomas 

Kabidous, Magloire. 

Robert, Charles 

Robinet, Joseph 

Shet, Francois 

Wagner, John 



Rank. 



1st Lieutenant., 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant , 

3d Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



Killed at battle of Wood Lake. 



THE EUREKA SQUAD. 



781 



EOSTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH F. BEAN'S COMPANY (THE EUREKA SQUAD). ORGAN- 
IZED AUG. 26, 1862, AT FORT SNELLING. SERVED IN COL. SIBLEY'S FIRST EX- 
PEDITION. DISCHARGED ON THE 8th OF SEPTEMBER, 1862. 



Names. 



Joseph F. Bean 

Bean, Alfred C 

Caskey, A. L 

Corless, G. H 

Coughlan, James 

Christ, Henry J 

Dixon, J. A 

Grant, J. L 

Hammond, H 

Jelley, John E 

Kennerson, Jas 

Xiewis, Ira N 

Porter, Chas. E 

Poot, Jeremiah 

Poole, Johnson 

Shadinger, Adnah.... 

Sayers, Isaac 

Stanley, H 

Thompson, J. B 

Thompson, Peter 

Truax, R. J 

Van Doren, Isaac N 
Yan Doren, Thomas 



Rank. 



Captain 

Private, 
Private. 
Private, 
Private, 
Private, 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private, 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private, 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private, 
Private, 
Private, 
Private, 



Remarks. 



782 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE WINONA RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN C. F. BUCK. ORGAN- 
IZED AUG. 27, 1862, AT WINONA, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 14, 1862, IN COL. 
CHAS. E. FLANDRAU'S EXPEDITION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SOUTHERN 
FRONTIER. 



Names. 



Rank. 



C. F. Buck 

J. Z. Crouse 

W. K. T. Vila ... 
R. H. Bingham.. 
R. Z. Johnson.... 

A. L. Evans 

Geo. P. Wilson. . 
Geo. H. Ames.... 
F. R. Sherman.. 

H. Grey 

H. B. Upinan 

H. J. Cook 

F. A. Holtsman. 



Alderson, John... 
Allen, John.. ...... 

Bristol, W. H 

Bedal, Elias 

Brown, Henry.... 

Berden, G. A 

Barker, W. B 

Bennett, C 

Boynton, J. A 

Browning, H. G... 

Currey, J. M 

Castler, J. H 

Corey, H. A 

Ehle, J 

Everhart, W 

Forsyth, C. H 

Gouch, R 

Holyland, S 

Hill, Lem 

jLundgren, C 

Lewis, McK 

Latson, Chas 

Leffler, L 

Lewis, C. H 

Miner, S. H 

Morrison, J. C 

Mallory, P. L 

Nichols, Frank... 
Norton, John B..., 

Pfund, W 

Page, O. H 

Parks, John 

Pelzer, Wm 

Porter, A. L , 

Painton, W. W 

Ross, W. R 

Rodman, John P.. 

SinclaiTjWm 

Shecks, Wells 

Sortwell, T 

Simpson, Thos 

Shum,V 

Sabin.Geo.W 

Toms, J. F 

Tillotson, A. J 

Wilson, Thomas . 

Watson, E. P. 

Harrison, W , 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant.., 
Quartermaster., 

1st Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private .. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private . 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.., 
Private- 
Private... 
Private... 
Private- 
Private... 
Private- 
Private... 
Private- 
Private... 
Private... 
Private- 
Private... 
Private... 
Private- 
Private... 
Private... 



Remarks. 



Afterward Chief Justice. 



DAVID D. LLOYD'S COMPANY. 



783 



ROSTER OF DAVID D. LLOYD'S COMPANY. ORGANIZED IN RICE COUNTY AUG. 20, 
1862, AND SERVED IN COLONEL SIBLEY'S EXPEDITION OF 1862. 



Names. 



David D. Lloyd 

Oscar F. Perkins.... 

John P. Nagle 

Thomas Mee 

James A. Winters... 

Aldrich, G. W 

Archibald, Geo. N... 

Alexander, I 

Auderly, John 

Bennis, Martin 

Beebe, Asa , 

Benson, J. D 

Berry, John M 

Bingham, H. W 

Bidwell, W. D 

Blakeslee, H. M 

Blakeslee, E 

Braty, H. B 

Brown, P. E 

Brown, I. L 

Buckham, Thos. L. . 

Bullis, A. H 

Brown, O 

Clary, N. G 

Cleveland, J. P 

Cole, M 

Cowan, E. C 

Davis, H 

Decker, Chas 

Dickinson, Wm 

Eldred, C. J. C 

Everett, E 

Faribault, Alex 

Faribault, Daniel.... 
Faribault, Richard . 

Farwell, Geo 

Faskins, James 

Flack, Daniel 

Gibbs, C. E 

Guilbault, E 

Hall, Frank 

Hopper, Peter 

Hastings, Hector M 

Hobba, Albert 

Hobbs, E 

Humphrey, L. S 

Ives, Calvin , 

Jenkins, H., Jr , 

Jenkins, M. R 

Jewett, Chas., Jr 

Johnson, G. P 

Kirk, Thos , 

I^ee, Orrin 

Longee, Chas. D 

Leasnee, Thos 

Manny, Chas. A 

Mee, Wm 

Mills, James M 

Miseuer, A 

Morris, Levi ..... 

Muller, John 

Needham, A. L 

Newell, H 

Nicholla, J 

Noggle, I. W 

Olmstead, Silas C ... 

Palmer, D 

Pierce, A. H 

Poe, H. P 

Roberts, I. W 

Rogers, A. B 

Ruby, A. G 

Shaw, W. A 

Shouts, James 

Simmers, R. M 

Smith, Asa 

Smith, Dayton 

Smith, G. W 

Smith, T. A 

Stevens, W. F 

Simpson, James 

St. Clair, W. H 

Sheridan, Andrew... 



Rank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private ... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private ..... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remakks. 



784 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 
Roster of David D. Lloyd's Company — Continued. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 










Private 
















Private 



















ROSTER OF CAPTAIN CALVIN POTTER'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN. ORGANIZED 
AUG. 22, 1862, AND SERVED WITH COLONEL SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDITION IN 
1862. THIS COMPANY CONTAINED FORTY-FOUR MEN, BUT THE MUSTER ROLL 
AND RECORDS WERE LOST NEAR BIRCH COOLIE ON THE 2d DAY OF SEPTEM- 
BER, 1862, WHILE IN THE HANDS OF THE CLERK OF THE COMPANY, A. V. BEN- 
NETT, WHOSE HORSE WAS SHOT UNDER HIM. THE NAMES NOT ON THIS ROS- 
TER CANNOT BE SUPPLIED. 



Names. 



Calvin Potter ... 

Bennett, N. N 

Bennett, Cortland ... 

Bowdish, E. S 

Caldicutt, George 

Carroll, Win 

Downing, R. H 

Day, John 

Day, James 

Doheng, Dennis 

Grady, James 

Hill A 

Huller, J. C 

Harden, Joseph 

Kelley, Chas.... 

McVery, Michael 

Mallory, Geo 

Morrison, S 

McClure, J. C 

Nolan, John 

Post, A. W 

Rose, H 

Rushmuller, August 

Smithins, R. B 

Shafer, T. G 

Vance, James R 

Wall, Edward 



Rank. 



Captain 

Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



CAPT. MARK HENDRICKS' BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. 



785 



EOSTER OF CAPTAIN MARK HENDRICKS' BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. THIS 
COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED ON THE BREAKING OUT OF THE INDIAN WAR, 
ABOUT AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED WITH GENERAL SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDI- 
, TION, AND PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE ENGAGEMENTS OF THAT COMMAND. 



Names. 



Mark Hendricks 

Thomas C. Kille 

Hugh Dunn , 

Wm. M. Leyde 

James F. Low 

M. W. Slocum 

Dennis O'Shay 

Samuel W. Castellon 

Barbeau, Peter 

Brown, E. G 

Colburn, Benj. F 

Ecke, Anton 

Gauthier, Frank N.. 

Gibbs, George R 

Hill, W. A 

Jones, Samuel 

Kelley, John 

L.afare, Theophylus.. 

Logan, John 

Madison, R. J 

McConnell, Joseph... 

McLane, Samuel 

McConnell, David ... 

Shepard, Wm 

Stoops, John S 

Tillotson, Dwight.... 

Weed, Chas. L 

Yell, N 




Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



50 



786 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ADDITIONAL ROSTER OF THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS. ORGANIZED AUG. 
24, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 22, 1862. COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D. L. 
DAVIS. SERVED IN DEFENSE OF SOUTHERN FRONTIER. 



Names. 



D. L. Davis 

Charles Parks 

Wm. P. Scofield 

R. M. Poe 

C. W. Crosby 

Anderson, Swan 

Ange, Jos. R 

Bryant, J. M 

Bryant, A. J 

Collins, Thos 

Card, Sherman 

Davis, H. P 

Fotherly, Root 

Hoffel alder, John 

Knox, A. M 

L.eclaire, Octave 

McGuinness, Jas 

McGuinness, Win. F... 

McGaughey, H. C 

Montgomery, John 

O'Toole, Peter 

Philips, James 

Riddle, Wm 

Stewart, Geo. B 

Stone, Eugene 

Sheets, George 

Stanton, Stiles 

Stafforse, E 

Stranahan, Charles H 

Sanborn, H. M 

Tanner, Ulysses 

Van Vliet, C. E 

Van Vliet, Horton 

Woodward, J. G 

Stone, William 

Weed, Warren H 




Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Quartermaster 

Orderly Sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



COMPANY B, FIRST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 



1ST 



ROSTER OF COMPANY B OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 
ORGANIZED SEPT. 15, 1862, AND SERVED IN NEW ULM UNTIL OCT. 15, 1862. 
COMMANDED BY CAPT. IGNATZ REINARTZ. v , 



Names. 


Rank. 


Ignatz Reinartz 


Captain 


Beruhard tiauingartner 


1st Lieutenant 


William Roehl 


2d Lieutenant 


George Doehm . 


1st Sergeant ... 


Anton Manderfeld 


2d Sergeant 


John Manderfeld 

Hermann Plath. 


3d Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 


Christian Schulz 


4th Sergeant 


Mathias Hillesheim 


Corporal . 




Corporal 


John Kretsch 


Corporal . . 


Peter Manderfeld 


Corporal 


Gottlieb Guggesberg 


Corporal 




Corporal 




Corporal 




Corporal 


Ammann, Lorenz 


Private 




Private 




Private 


Butt, Peter 


Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 


Eckstein, Henry 






Private 




Private 








Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 


Graefe, Carl 


Private 


Gross, Philip 


Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 






Kalb, Ferdinand 


Private 


Kleinknecht, Conrad 


Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 




Private 


Lenho, John 


Private 


Leitscbuh, Thomas 


Private 


Lipp, Michael 


Private. 


Lipp, Ulrich 


Private ... 


Luger, Isidore 


Private 


Martin, John 


Private. 


Martin, Samuel 


Private... 


Manderfeld, John H 


Private.. . 


Manderfeld, Peter 


Private.... 


Massapust, Frank 


Private.. 


Metzer, John 




Meyer, Edward 




Muhs, John 




Neidecker, Christian 




Rein, Theodor 


Private 




Private 




Private 


Schumacher, Henry 


Private 


Sale, Nicolaus , 


Private 


Seifert, John 


Private 












Private 




Private : 




Private 






Scheible, Theobald, Sr 






Private 







Remarks. 



788 ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



Rostee of Company B, Fiest Battalion, Beown County Militia — Continued. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 




Private 
















Winter roll, Felix 













ROSTER OF COMPANY C, IRREGULAR STATE MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM 
ON SEPT. 15, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 10, 1862, IN NEW ULM. COMMANDED 
BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES WAGNER. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Charles Wagner 

August Westphal 

Ludwig Fay 

Paul Magnus 

John C Toberer 

August Quense 

Chas. Hansing 

Gottfried Kuehnel.... 

Jacob Flick 

Alois Wernz 

"Eerthold Schlichting 
Christoph Spellbrink 

Armstrong, John 

Armstrong, A 

Baumler, Edward 
Cirke, Christian 
Christopherson, Andrew 
Dittenner, John, 
Duevel, August 
Eleffson, Elef . 
Friton, Max 
Forster, Frederick 
Held, Friedrich 
Heinen, Nicolaus 
Helling, Hans 
Helling, Knud H 
Hinebach, Benjamin 

Harb, J. P 

Iverson, Iver 
Johannis, John. 
Johannes, Hans 
Kiesling, Rudolph 
Knudson, A. F 
Knudson, Ole 
L.ehrer, Michael 

Lewig, J. O 

Lewig, Andrew 
Larson, Nils 
Nagel, Robert 
Nelson, Ever 

Nelson, Chr , 

Olsen, Andrew 

Olsen, Ole 

Olsen, Thore 
Omrud, Thore O 
Pauli, Charles 
Paulsen, Gunder 
Rudolph, John C 
Scheible, Querin 
Sommer, Carl 
Springer, Wenzel 
Spaeth, Christian 
Sarbel, Ole 0 
Schwertfeger, August 
Thorman, Gootfried 
Tremeyer, John 
Thormadsen, Peter 
Turgrinson, Turgrin 
Thordson, T 
Thordson. Ole... 
Wessel, Charles 

Wild, John 

Wehrs, Theodore 
Zeller, Ccnrad 




1st Lieutenant., 
2d Lieutenant., 
1st Sergeant...., 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal.... 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal, 
5th Corporal. 



Remarks. 



Killed by the Indians. 



A SQUAD OF CITIZENS, COMMANDED BY HON. WM. P. DOLE. 



789 



ROSTER OF A SQUAD OF CITIZENS, COMMANDED BY HON. WM. P. DOLE, UNITED 
STATES COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WHO WAS IN MINNESOTA NEGO- 
TIATING A TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. THEY WERE IN SERVICE ABOUT 
TWENTY DAYS. 



Names. 



Isaac W. Weble 

Eobert C.Wiley 

Brawley, D. F 

Caskey, Benjamin. 
Cornell, James H.. 

Halstead, E. H 

Horton.Enoch 

Lewis, Robert P.... 
Monfort, Charles J 

Mott, George C 

Shoff.D.E 

Toungbore, A. C... 



Rank. 



Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant, 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



790 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN, RAISED AT LAKE CITY AND COMMANDED 
BY CAPTAIN J. R. STERRETT. ORGANIZED AUG. 24, 1862, AND SERVED ALL 
THROUGH COL. SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDITION. 



Names. 



J. R. Sterrett 

Robert L. Terill 

L. Carpenter 

Newton "Williams... 

W. T. Hauen 

E. H. Mathews 

E. C. Hardy 

H. L. Tupper 

Robert Disney 

Wm. Mathews 

Beardsley, A 

Chapman, Justis.... 

Collins, L 

Disney, J. C 

Doughty, C. M 

Finney, Geo 

Goodell,B. H 

Haines, Wm. B 

Montgomery, John 

Newton, Geo 

Oliver, Wm. F 

Rutlidge,Wm 

Eeady, W. W 

Eeed, Wm. C 

San ford, E. E 

Terbell, T 

Wilkins, Wm 



Ra>*k. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
1st Sergeant.... 

2d Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal... 
5th Corporal... 
6th Corporal. . 

Private.. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



THE MALMROS GUARDS. 



791 



ROSTER OF THE MALMROS GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN F. A. OLDS. OR- 
GANIZED AUG. 29, 1862, AND SERVED ABOUT ONE MONTH IN THE SOUTHERN 
PART OF THE STATE. 



Names. 



F. A. Olds 

Wm, H. Mitchell.. 
J. F. Van Dooser. 

G. W. Plumly 

Edward C. Dorr... 

R. J. Perry 

J. Phelan 

R. T. D. Harman.. 
G. W. Waldson... 
G. A. Boardnian.. 

Geo. C. Gray 

Abram Grover 




Annis, 0. M , 

Abram, Grover 

Alden, Albert 

Bassett, G. D 

Bardwell, Delos 

Bueklin, L. W 

Barrows, E. B 

Bird, Isaac 

Clark, Zeb 

Campbell, Geo. H 

Curry, Geo 

Cummings, John 

Cassidy, James 

Cadwell, J 

Cummings, Geo 

Clark, Delos 

Crooks 

Dodd, Thomas 

Emenck, Wm 

Eaton, Warren L 

Grover, A. M 

Griffin, G 

Graves, Benj 

Gray, Alvin 

Harrington, Inman.. 

Higgins, Hugh 

Hauer, Robert 

Johnson, Thomas 

L.e Ferve, L 

Little, John 

Leonard 

Lowry, Thos. G 

Lyons 

McGowan, W. W 

Metcalf, S. S 

McPeak, Wm 

McPeak, John 

Mountain, Patrick 

Murphy, Patrick 

Orcutt, Shelon B , 

Palmer, G. N 

Postier, Henry 

Postier, Chas 

Pierce, P. P 

Rice, W.W 

Rowland, Mathew 

Salley, Joel 

Sherman, G. W ... 

Sargent, G 

Taylor, G. N 

Thomas, Bridgeman. 

TV ells, P 

Webb, Jos. G 

Wynkoop, Wm 



Captain. 
1st Lieutenant.. 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

Quartermaster Sergeant. 

Commissary Sergeant 

Sergeant , 

Sergeant , 

Sergeant , 

Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal ... 



Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private . 
Private. . 
Private. . 
Private. . 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
-Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



792 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE WABASHA COUNTY RANGERS, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN 
•WILLIAM RUMMELL. ORGANIZED AUG. 22, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 8 r 
1862. 



Names. 




Wm. Rumniell 

John Quigley 

John Taylor 

T.R. Bullis 

George Mather 

James Redpath 

Allen, A. W 

Allen, John 

Barker, Henry 

Bixby, L. 

Cochran, Wm. L 

Donaldson, C. W.... 
Douglas, Fernando 

Dutv, Wm. J , 

Francis, W. P , 

Griffin, Darius S.=. 

Grimes, H 

McLaughlin, 8 

Quigly, Wm. M 

Roscoe, Eli , 

Richardson, C. S,.... 

Rollins, O. V 

Standish, W 

Stoddard, J.S 

Sweesey, Daniel R.. 

Truax, R. J , 

Williams, John 

Wegeant, R- 

Wilkins, W 

Young, John 



Captain 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

Quartermaster Sergeant 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private ~ 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



THE INDEPENDENT RANGERS OF CARVER COUNTY. 



793 



ROSTER OF THE INDEPENDENT RANGERS OF CARVER COUNTY, UNDER COMMAND 
OF CAPTAIN CHARLES REES. ORGANIZED AUG. 23, 1862, AND SERVED IN AND 
ABOUT CARVER COUNTY ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE DAYS. 



Names. 



Charles Rees Captain 

Frank Hassenstal 1st Lieutenant. 



David Connor.. 

Wm. Maxwell 

John Kreinbring. 

John Polster 

Christian Frick... 



Angerhoffer, Frank... 

Berren, Otto 

Berreau, Edward 

Beeman, Henry L 

Bardwell, Charles S.... 

Broadbent, John 

Copeman, Herman 

Einseidler, Sebastian. 

Elling, Henry 

Fester, Martin... 

Fischer, Adam 

Fischer, Louis 

Grotensiek, William... 

Goodrich, S. E 

Goldsmith, Frederic... 

Houter, Fred 

Hartman, Sebastian.... 

Helton, Thomas 

Heyd, Ernst... 

Hutter, Paul 

Krouser, Louis 

Livingston, David 

Livingston, John 

Lodge, Martin 

Moy, Frederic 

Moy, Samuel 

Narramore, Joseph 

Peits, Frank 

Reese, Frederick 

Schaefer, Edward 

Schlitz, Thomas 

Scheitnagle, Michael.... 

Schaible, John 

Slek, Jacob 

Smith, John 

Swanberg, Andrew...... 

Simon, John 

Shilling, Christian 

Swalley, Henry 

Trumble, Joel 

Wood, Joseph 

Wells, Henrv 



Rank. 



2d Lieutenant. 
1st Sergeant. 
2d Sergeant.. 
1st Corporal. 
Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Pr irate. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private . 
Private- 
Private. . 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



Horseman, 



Horseman. 



Horseman. 



Horseman. 



794 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN S. RAMSDELL'S COMPANY OF THE SAUK CENTRE (STEARNS 
COUNTY) VOLUNTEER STATE MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT SAUK CENTRE AUG. 2r . 
1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 25, 1862. 



Names. 



Eaxk. 



Remarks. 



S. Barnsdell ! Captain 

J. C. Hoffmann \ 1st Lieutenant 

D. Stabler 2d Lieut. & A.Q.M. & Com. 

E. A.Harmon i 1st Sergeant I 

G. E. Farefield Sergeant 

E. A. Boober [ Sergeant. 

H. McLaughlin Sergeant 

J. F. Densruore I Sergeant 

J. Pettrjohn 1st Corporal , Died Sept. 29, '62. 

W. W. McLeod j 2d Corporal 

A. J. Jedkins 3d Corporal | 

A. Slattery 4th Corporal 

M. J. Thorn ason i 5th Corporal 

J. C. Hutchins j 6th Corporal 

D. Barns ; 7th Corporal 

M. Pelka i 8th Corporal 



Broker, E. D 

Brower, Q. N 

Barnard, F. W 

Barnard, W. F 

Bradley, N. T 

Bart let t, P 

Chapman, H 

Caswell, J. A 

Davis, A. C 

Dennis, J. H 

Frislev,P 

Fish, G. H 

Green, A 

Green, G , 

Jacques, A. G 

Jones, P. M 

Longfellow, M 

Merry, C. L 

Merry, J 

Moulten, W 

Owens, B 

Perkins, G 

Perkins, A. C 

Richardson, H. W. 

Eamsdell, J. C 

Stewart, G 

Salmond, G. W 

Smith, G 

Stabler, G. L 

Smith, M. H 

Tubs, L. C 

Taylor, M. A 

Taylor, S. M 

Tanblairean, P 

Vanblaircan, S. M.. 

Tessey, W 

Whiten eld, W. J.... 
Wonell, P 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private. 
Private- 
Private., 
Private., 
Private., 



Died Oct. 2, '62. 



THE RED WING CAVALRY. 



795 



OSTER OF THE RED WING CAVALRY, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN P. VANDERBERG. 
ORGANIZED AT RED WING AUG. 27, 1862, AND SERVED ONE MONTH. THIS 
COMPANY ORIGINALLY HAD FORTY-ONE MEN ON ITS MUSTER ROLL, BUT 
MANY OF THEM FAILED TO DO DUTY FOR WANT OF HORSES, AND OTHER 
REASONS. 



Names. 



P. Vanderberg Captain 



Allyn, Joshua 

Allyn, J. S 

oevans, Benj. C 

Jarlson, Frank A.. 

3ay, T. C 

Enz, J. P 

Jones, Simon 

lellogg, M. S 

Helton, C. W 

Metcalf, Joshua 

lorris, A. P 

jerkins, H. J 

Richardson, L. L... 

oston, Win. L 

aiith, C. J. F 

toddard, James G., 

chultz, Michael.... 

ripp, Wm 

acker, A. C 

I wiggs, David 




Remarks. 



796 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE ROSCOE MOUNTED MILITIA, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN FLETCHER 
HEGLER. ORGANIZED AT ROSCOE ON THE 28th OF AUGUST, 1862, AND SERVED 
THIRTY-THREE DAYS. 



Names. 



Fletcher Hegler 

Lyman T.Ward 

George Hart 

Edward L. Ives , 

B. C. Cressy 

C. B. Philips 

Francis A. Crabb 

William Oleson 

R. W. Cressy 

Thomas B. Haggart., 



Akers, William D 

Butt, N. A 

Cain, Robert 

Collins, Aretus 

Finsom, George 

Hart, Isaac F 

Harrias, Edson 

Harrias, Wilson 

Holliday, Belden W 

Holden, Frank D 

Jacobs, A. H 

Jones, Alfred 

Johnson, Ole 

L<autz, George 

Lattermore, Thomas H. 

More, Benjamin 

Mann, Edwin 

Mayhugh, George 

Nelson, Erik 

Oleson, Martin , 

Stevens, D. Fletcher 

Stevens, David B , 

Sacket, William 

Thompson, John 

Tompson, Knute 



Rank. 



Captain , 

1st Lieutenant. 
2d Lieutenant. 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 



Remarks. 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private . 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private - 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 



Granted leave of absence, and did not report. 



/ 



THE MARINE GUARDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



797 



ROSTER OF THE MARINE GUARDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, COMMANDED BY 
CAPTAIN ROBERT RICH. ORGANIZED AT MARINE SEPT. 4, 1862, AND SERVED 
UNTIL SEPT. 20, 1862. 



Names. 



Robert Rich 

P. E. Walker 

Asa S. Parker 

Samuel Judd 

J. C.Withain 

Edson Cooley 

H. F. Book 

Edward S. Pitman.. 

John G. Ward.. 

Amable Brunette.... 
Charles Andrews.... 
James K. Meredith. 
Mathias Welshous... 



Barnes, Henry W... 

Berkey, Hiram 

Ballard, A. P 

Bretag, Henry 

Boyd, Philip 

Clark, Leonard , 

Carlson, Gustav 

Clark, Wm , 

Careful, Charles 

Carlton, Carl 

De Wolff, Joseph 

Freeman, John 

Gaskill, Jas. R. M .. 

Gaskill, R. D 

Hokerson, Nels 

Holt, George 

Huntley, Jonathan.. 

Jerome, Dennis 

Johnson, John 

Ingreen, E 

Kinsella, Michael.... 
I<amerand, Prudent. 

McRea, Alex , 

Marmond,Chas. 

Mitchell, Alex 

Myron, Wm 

Nicklason, Nets 

Peterson, Christian.. 

Russell, Jas. H 

Rud, Charles 

Stewart, John 

Swainson, John 

Tallman, Sylvester.. 
Wickman, John F.... 
Westergren, Ole 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant. 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Sergeant 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Quartermaster 




798 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE BLUE EARTH CITY CAVALRY, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN J. B. 
WAKEFIELD. ORGANIZED AT BLUE EARTH CITY SEPT. 5, 1862, AND SERVED 
TILL OCT. 5, 1862. 



Names. 



J. B. Wakefield 

P. B. Davy 

O. G. Davis 

Waym B. Silliman. 
Henry P. Constans 
John C. Howland.. 

R. R. McCrary 

Alex. Johnson 

E. C. Butler 

C. S. Smith 

Henry Sellen 

Ezra M. Ellis 

Billings, Levi 

Baldwin, William.. 

Bronson, D. E 

Dustin, William.... 

Dane, Ira 

Dane, Hartwell 

Foster, R. R 

Foster, R. W 

Gillett,Wm.C 

Howland, G. H 

Hill, Wesley 

Ingall, A. C 

Lutes, Hopkins 

Leslie, Samuel 

Landis, Samuel 

McKnight, S. T 

Mead, I. S 

Moore, Robert 

Maynard, W. C 

Neal, H. J 

Newton, T.W 

Rose, Jacob A 

Ream, R. A 

Richard, James 

Rose, A. J 

Sailor, Martin 

Sailor, Jacob M 

Sailor, Able 

Sailor, Jacob 

Seely, P. C 

Smith, C. S 




Captain 
1st Lieutenant. 
2d Lieutenant.. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant.... 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal.... 
3d Corporal... . 
4th Corporal.... 
Quartermaster 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



THE LAKE PRAIRIE RANGERS. 



799 



ROSTER OF CAPT. STONE OLESON'S COMPANY OF LAKE PRAIRIE RANGERS OF THE 
FIRST SUB-DISTRICT, FIRST BATTALION SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS, STATE MILI- 
TIA. ORGANIZED IN NICOLLET COUNTY DURING THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862. 
THE EXACT DATE IS NOT ATTAINABLE, NOR IS THE TIME OF ITS SERVICE. 



Names. 



Stone Oleson 

John Johnson 

John C. Lund 

Evan Oleson 

Ole Rindale 

T. F. Tollefson 

Engualdem, Ole 

Halemburg, G. L , 

Hanson, Hans , 

Hoberg, John , 

Harmanson, Nels , 

Hanson, Hans, 2d.... 

John, Ander 

Johnson, Annus 

Johnson, David 

Johnson, Mattis , 

Johnson, Salman 

L.andan, Charles M., 

Larson, Martin 

Larson, John 

Monson, Swen. 

Nelsen, Nels 

Nelsen, Elias 

Nelsen, Ole 

Oleson, Ole 

Oleson, John. 

Peterson, Lars 

Peterson, Peter 

Solferson, Ever 

Swen son, Lewis 

Sanderson, T. P 

Schmullin, Joseph.... 

Yost, Hubert 

Zvwanyege, Huibert. 



Rank. 



Captain 

Orderly Sergeant 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



800 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN GEORGE W. FEW'S COMPANY, THE RAMSEY PICKET GUARDS. 
ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 18, 1862. 



Names. 



George "VV. Few .... 
Henry A. Lambert, 

L. C. Dunn 

W. I. Austin 

E. A. Boyd 

Austin, J. B 

Boyd, Walter 

Bebeau, David 

Bagge, F 

Baula, James 

Barnum, N. P 

Cardinal, John 

Coleman, L C........ 

Demas, Candy 

Duford, Simon 

Freeman, William. 
Garnais, Alfred,... 

Houle, William 

Jarvais, Bagible 

Kohler, Joseph 

Koln, Jacob 

Langlais, Peter 

La Bonne, Joseph.. 
Langlois, Camille.. 

Lamlin, Pierre 

Labord, Paul 

Martins, John 

Martin, James 

Milner, Thomas.... 

Milette, Paul 

Nadeau, Sylvester. 

Porter, D 

Pepin, Alexander. 

Paul, Xavier 

Semper, James 



Bank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.... 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant. 
Quartermaster.... 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.... 

Private 



Remarks. 



THE FAXON RANGERS. 



801 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH WALKER'S COMPANY, THE FAXON RANGERS. THIS 
COMPANY WAS MUSTERED IN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, 1862, AND SERVED 
A SHORT TIME. 



Names. 



Joseph Walker 

John Holan 

J. J. Egan 

James Gradey 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant. 
2d Lieutenant .. 
1st Sergeant 




E. Duggan 2d Sergeant, 

Big u it, John 

Rowland, Patrick 

Rrown, Fred 

Carroll, John 

Clark, James 

Clarke, John 

Connell, John 

Dogherty, James 

Dohany, W 

Dowlan, John...., 

Flinn, Patrick 

Freeman, John 
Griffin, James.... 
Grimes, Michael 
Hoffmaster, August 

Keaton, M 

Xeef, P 

Keough, Patrick 
Miller, Christ 
McCalley, Anthony 

McVary, M , 

Maher, Edward 
Ostlemann, Fred 
Overmolter, August 
Overmolter, Christian 
Philipps, R. R 
Ponell, Henry 
Riley, Conrad 
Ravensky, George 
Smith, Wm 
Smith, Peter, 
Wiemann, Henry 
Walker, Levi 
"Young, Henry 



51 



802 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE BUTTERNUT VALLEY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN G. W. 
PORTER. ORGANIZED SEPT. 20, 1862, AND SERVED THIRTY DAYS IN AND ABOUT 
BUTTERNUT VALLEY. 



Names. 



Rank. 



G. W. Porter 

Davis, David A... 

Davis, T. A 

Thomas, Thos 

Jones, W. P 

Jenkins, Wm. C. 
Jenkins, Jennie- 
Lie wis, Morris — 

Loyd, Thos. D 

Morgan, James... 
Morris, David .... 

Owen, George 

Prive, David 

Shields, John , 

Shields, Wm... ... 

Thomas, David.... 

Thomas, Rice 

Walters, David... 
Walters, Stephen 

Williams, D. J 

Williams, H. R.... 
Williams, Wm. J, 



Captain 

Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private, 
Private. 
Private 

Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private, 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



Just how "Jennie Jenkins" came to be a mem- 
ber of this company is now unknown, butshe 
drew $13 for her services, as appears by her 
voucher in the office of the adjutant generaL 

C. E. F. 



THE HUTCHINSON GUARDS. 



803 



ROSTER OF THE HUTCHINSON GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN LEWIS HAR- 
RINGTON. ORGANIZED AT HUTCHINSON AUG. 23, 1862, AND SERVED SEVENTY 
DAYS IN AND ABOUT HUTCHINSON. 



Names. 



Lewis Harrington 

Oliver Pierce 

Andrew Hepper 

Wm. M. Pendergast. 

Benj. G. Lee 

Silas J. Green 

Prentiss Chubb 

Chas. H. Mohr 

James E. Chesley 

Barnabas Welton 

Chas. McAlmond 

Wm. H. Harrington. 

Enoch E. Wright 

Charles Redplaff. 

Charles Stahl 

John Hart wig 

Geo. Belden 



Albrecht, Wm 

Belden, Geo. T 

Benjamin, John 

Bilke, William 

Campbell, Norman 

Coombs, Vincent 

Delong, Albert H 

Dennis, Thomas A 

Dewing, Chas. C 

Dewing, C. William..., 

Dewing, Fergus 

Dewing, Samuel 

Ells, David H 

Ehler, Frederic 

Estes, John G 

Faller. John 

Faller, William 

Fallor, James 

Fallor, Michael 

Freming, William 

Ganger, Chas 

Gosnell, Wm 

Green, Allen 

Green, Wm. G 

Hahn, John 

Happer, Andrew A 

Harmouning, Herman. 

Harrington, Frank 

Harrington, Wm. B 

Hart wig, Frederic 

Heller, Wm 

Higgins,B. Holmes 

Higgins, E. J 

Horton, Chas. M 

Hunter, Actor 

Jewitt, Frank G 

Jones, David 

Keuster, John 

Lamaitre, Joseph 

Lamson, Birney 

Lamson, Chauncey 

Lawson, Nathan 

Leistico, Chas 

Leistico, Frank 

Leistico, Wm. 

McKenzie, Wm 

Nass, Wm 

Nisse, Chas 

Pitman, Joshua M , 

Retz, John 

Rusch, Edward 

Sharp, James 

Sholtz, John , 

Smeltzer, Frederic 

Spaude, Ferdinand 

Southworth, Louis 

Stahl, Jacob 

Stocking, Eli W 

Tillman, Wm 

Tews, Chas 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

5th Corporal 

6th Corporal 

7th Corporal 

8th Corporal 

Drummer. 

Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private . 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private . 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



804 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE STILLWATER FRONTIER GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D. 
BRONSON, JR. ORGANIZED AT STILLWATER ABOUT AUG. 30, 1862, AND SERVED 
IN THE CHENGWATANA EXPEDITION UNTIL SEPT. 20, 1862. 



Names. 



D. Bronson, Jr 

C. J. Butler 

S. J. R. McMillan. 

T. H. Sawyer 

M. Moffatt 

John Lyons 

H. R. Murdock 

H. B. Knight 

Elam Greeley , 

D. Chisholm 

F. Schultze 

C. Fandretzkey 

Barrow, Richard.... 

Bowman, A. B 

Bowman, Alfred B. 

Bergin, John 

Bardow, John K.... 
Ball, Richard T .... 

Doe, W. A 

Donnell, John O 

Donnell, M. O 

Elliott, William 

Eagan, Thomas 

Elmar, John 

Foran, Michael 

Forinus, Louis , 

Field, Edward 

Hills, George W 

Johnson, Alfred.. .. 
Johnson, Abraham 
Johnson, Samuel...., 

Kelley, Michael 

Iiillis, John 

Long, William 

Lane, James 

Millett, T. A 

McKenzie, Duncan 
Mathews, Samuel... 

McDonald, John 

McCormac, R 

McLane, Albertus.. 

McLean, Hugh , 

Organ, Thomas 

Rooney, James 

Smith, Nelson 

Stoddard, Ichabod.. 

Sawyer, F. M 

Sutton, Thomas 

Sutton, John 

Shearman, W. O 

Tactman, James M 

Tuttle, Moses 

Underwood, Alex... 

Ward, Thomas , 

"Wallace, Charles 

Welch, John 

Webster, William... 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant. 
1st Sergeant.... 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant.... 
5th Sergeant.... 
1st Corporal.... 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal.. . 

Private... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



THE HASTINGS RANGERS, 



805 



ROSTER OF CAPTAIN G. W. TAYLOR'S MOUNTED COMPANY, THE HASTINGS RAN- 
' GERS. THE EXACT DATE OF ITS ORGANIZATION IS NOT ASCERTAINABLE, 
BUT IT WAS EARLY IN THE WAR. IT WAS IN SERVICE ABOUT TWELVE DAYS. 



Names. 



G. W. Taylor 

Charles E. Leonard. 
Zacheus Lewis 

H. B. Martin 



Arnold, M. H 

Archer, Richard 

Ainsworth, Wm 

Avery, Geo. W 

Bassett, John 

Bissell, Win. A 

Cortiss, Geo. H 

Coughlan, James , 

Crow, W. H 

Dexter, L. D 

Dixon, G. A 

Frank, Norman 

Grant, James L 

Hetherington, Geo 

Hammon, Ammonale 

Haminon, Samuel B 

Hawkins, John 

Hanna, Jerome 

Irwin, R. C 

Kamery, P.J 

Lewis, John 

Lewis, Ira 

Morse, Geo. W 

Phillipps, Wm. B 

Ray, F. G 

Smith, Thomas M 

Straight, Kenyon Z 

Sprague, Cassius M 

Stanley, W. P 

Truax, John R 

Truax, George W 

Van Hoesen, Franklin B., 
Walton, Gustavus 



Rank. 



Woods, J ohn Private. 



Captain , 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant... 
1st Sergeant 



Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private., 

Private., 

Private., 

Private.. 

Private., 

Private . 

Private.. 

Private.. 

Private.. 

Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private . 
Private . 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private ... 
Private.., 
Private... 
Private... 



806 



EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE MARYSBURGH HOME GUARD (CAPTAIN JAMES CLEARY). ORGAN- 
IZED AT MARYSBURGH, IN LE SUEUR COUNTY, SEPT. 21, 1862, FOR THIRTY 
DAYS, AND SERVED IN MARYSBURGH ABOUT THAT TIME. 



Names. 



James Cleary 

Patrick C. Lyons 

James Corcoran 

John L. Maher 

Dennis L. Maher 

John Schickling 

John Smith , 

Edward Harty 

John Stoudenmaier . 

Lawrence Gegan 

Lawrence Smith 

Owen Meighan 

Charles Bluhm 



Baynes, Patrick 

Biehm, Henry 

Bluhm, George 

Brown, William 

Carroll, Daniel 

Cleary, Patrick , 

Connor, Jeremiah..., 

Connor, William 

Cusack, Michael 

Doran, Chas 

Doyle, Michael 

Doyle, Patrick 

Farrell, Michael 

Fasmacht.Paul 

Filsund, Patrick 

Gegan, James 

Karon, Martin 

Kelchar, Patrick 

Kelchar, Philip 

L.uht, John 

Lynch, Joseph F 

Lynch, Michael 

Maher, Patrick L.... 

Maher, Martin 

McCarty, Jeremiah... 
McCarty , Cornelius. . 

McGrath, John 

McGrath, Owen 

Mullen, Patrick 

Murtaugh, Timothy. 
Murtaugh, Michael. . 

O'Reilley, James 

Quin, James M 

Quin, James 

Smith, Patrick W 

Smith, Henry 

Smith, Wm 

Smith, Patrick 

Smith, Joseph 

Smith, Thomas 

Smith, Lawrence 

Stewbins, Frederick. 

Stolze, Anthony 

Sullivan, John 

Wallace, Daniel 

White, George- 

Wilzin, Peter 



Rank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant . 
Quartermaster.. 

Orderly 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private., 
Private- 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



THE SCANDINAVIAN GUARDS. 



807 



BOSTER OF THE SCANDINAVIAN GUARDS (CAPTAIN'GUSTAF A. STARK). ORGANIZED 
IN NICOLLET COUNTY, ON THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1862, AND SERVED IN 
THAT COUNTY TWENTY-ONE DAYS. 



Names. 



Gustaf A. Stark..., 
Nels P. Chilgren.. 
Andrew Larsen... 
Andrew Thorson. 
Monse Chilgren.... 
N. H. Anderson... 
Martin Peterson.., 

Nels Jungdal 

John Nelson 

CP. Slack , 

Irven Bengson 

George Jeroson.... 
Peter AndersoD... 
Charles Johnson.. 

Irven Larson 

Peter Pherson , 

Nels Eosenquist... 



Anderson, C 

Benson, Peter 

Benson, Pher 

Bryngelson, Evan ... 

Carlson, Ther 

Carlson, Peter 

Engvald, A. C 

Evensen, Irven 

Evenson, Olof. 

Erickson, John 

Esterson, Forstin.... 

Esterson.Ole , 

Evanson, Ole 

Farbrake, John 

Gunnerson, Nin 

Hanson, H 

Hanson, Lars 

Hokanson, M 

Hogstrom, Nels, 1st. 
Hogstrom, Nels, 2d.. 

Hogen, Ole 

Hofviland.IfverC... 
Johnson, John, 1st.. 
Johnson, John, 2d..., 
Johnson, John, 3d... 

Johnson, Ole 

Johnson, Erick 

Johnson, Irven 

Johnson, Lyfoer 

Knutson, Ole 

Knutson, Jens 

Knutson. H 



Knutson, Torbar.. 
Larson, Ole, 1st.... 

Larson, Ole, 2d 

Ligferson, Peter... 

Lindell, John 

Lilliquist, Nels.... 

Larson, Elias 

Larson, John, 1st.. 
Larson, John, 2d... 
Larson, John, 3d.. 

Lyferson, S 

Lofterson, Ole 

Lofte, Ole 

Linguiet, Peter.... 
Monson, Andrew. 

Monson,01e 

Nelson, Chas. 

Nereson, Gunner.. 
Nereson, George... 

Nelson, Ole , 

Nelson, Hermann. 

Nelson, Nels 

Nelson, Andrew..., 

Oleson, Stone 

Oleson, Ole, 1st 

Oleson, Ole, 2d 

Oleson, Ole, 3d 

Oleson, Lars, 1st .. 
Oleson, Lars, 2d.... 

Orson, Ole 

Olson, Hoffner 

Olson, Asbon , 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

2d Lieutenant 

Quartermaster Sergeant., 

Orderly Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal .... 

4th Corporal 

5th Corporal 

6th Corporal 

7th Corporal 

8th Corporal 



Oleson, Swen Private 






808 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 
Rostek OF THE Scandinavian Guards — Continued. 



Names. 


Rank. 




Private 






Olson, Engbut 






Private 


Peterson, Hans „ 




Petersen, Peter 


Private 










Rindale, Peter 




Rickelson, John 




SolomonsoD, Lars 






Private 


Swenson, Mathew 












Torguson, Swenk 


Private 


Thompson, Stone.. , 


Private 


Thorson, Nels 




Torguson, Asbon 




"Webster, Andrew 









Remarks. 



COMPANY A, THIETEENTH BATTALION, BEOWN COUNTY MILITIA. 



809 



EOSTEE OF CAPTAIN CHAELES EOOS' COMPANY A, THIETEENTH BATTALION, OF 
BEOWN COUNTY MILITIA. OEGANIZED AT NEW ULM ON NOV. 10, 1862, AND 
SEEVED AT NEW ULM UNTIL JAN. 10, 1863. 



Names. 



Charles Roos 

August Westphal 

Gottfried Kuchnel , 

George Jacobs 

John Doster 

Adolph Seiter 

William Hemmel 

Peter Gropper 

Friedrich Immel : 

William Peterman 

Charles C. Brandt 

Herman Herendoerfer, 

Julius Panse 

Anton Sonnen 

Paul Magnus 

August Seiter , 

Robert Nagel 

August Nagel 

August Duval 

Albrecht, Hermann..., 

Alvin, William 

Appel, Heinrich 

Amman, Lorenz 

Bobleter, John 

Barbier, Jacob 

Busche, Heinrich 

Brust, Jacob 

Beinhorn, Friedrich..., 
Claussen, August........ 

Cucke, Charles 

Doebereimer, John 

Duval, Franz 

Dietz, Adolph..... 

Dehn, John., 

Eckstein, Heinrich 

Flick, Jacob 

Fischerbauer, John 

Foster, Friedrich, Sr... 

Fritsche, Carl 

Fostner, Alois 

Fritan, T. P 

Graf, Henry 

Graf, John 

Gammel, Friedrich 

Gutshaw, Joachim 

Gassman, John 

Gebser, Wm 

Held, Albert 

Held, C. Friedrich 

Hammer, Heinrich 

Henle, Athanazius , 

Heinebach, Benjamin.. 

Hansing, Charles 

Hauenstein, Wiegand.. 

Henle, Anton 

Hellman, August 

Heinz, John 

Ips, John 

Jacobs, Charles 

Kiesling, Hermann 

Kiesling, Rudolph 

Kahlfield, Wilhelm 

Leibold, Peter T 

Lauterbach, Michael... 

Lehrer, Michael 

Locher, John 

Milins, Chas 

Mueller, Leans 

Massapust, Wilson 

Massapust, Joseph , 

Massapust, John 

Massapust, Franz 

Maier, Heinrich 

Oswald, Leonhard 

Pfenninger, Jacob 

Pfeiffer, Tost 

Pfeiffer, George 

Puengel, Ferdinand.... 

Palmer, Alois 

Penser, Wilhelm 

Prermantzen, Nicolaus 
Pelzel, Joseph 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 
2d Lieutenant 
1st Sergeant... 
2d Sergeant.... 
3d Sergeant.... 
4th Sergeant... 
5th Sergeant... 
1st Corporal... 
2d Corporal.... 
3d Corporal..., 
4th Corporal.. 
5th Corporal... 
6th Corporal.. 
7th Corporal... 
8th Corporal.. 

Musician 

Musician 

Wagoner 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



810 EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 

Rostee of Company A, First Battalion, Brown County Militia — Continued. 



Names. 



Kudolph, John C 

Schniitz, Nicolaus 

Spelbrink, Christopher, Sr 
Spelbrink, Christopher, Jr, 

Schumacher, Chas , 

Soehler, Chas 

Stocker, Joseph 

Schmitz, Peter 

Schratn, Carl 

Sterlein, Andreas 

Serr, Gabriel 

Thorman, Gottfried 

Till, Otto 

Victor, John 

Winkelmann, William 

Wiessel, Carl 

Wehrs, Theodore 

Winkler, Herman 

Wiedemann, John 

Zeller, Conrad , 

Zagwlzky, Victor 



Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private. 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private, 
Private 
Private, 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



THE MANKATO HOME GUAEDS. 



811 



ROSTER OF THE MANKATO HOME GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN F. 
MEAGHER. ORGANIZED SEPT. 14, 1862, AND SERVED IN COLONEL FLANDRAU'S 
EXPEDITION FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER. 



Names. 



John F. Meagher 

Charles Hulborn 

Benjamin Hotaling... 

S. F. Barney 

Adam Jefferson 

George Matfield 

Y. Paddock 

M. T. C. Flower 

J. F. Williams 

G. S. Meagham , 

M. Ullinan , 

J. C. Haupt 

Ambroze Lorenz 

Leo Lamm 

William McGuinness 
John Froiset. 

Ames, Charles 

Androski, Rudolph 

Ballard, Columbus 

Branson, Lewis 

Brown, Samuel D, 

Burrill, J 

Brink, Samuel 

Berghoff, Wm 

Burrill, N 

Britten, J. N... 

Burgess, J. L. 

Bunker, F 

Bigler, Jacob 

Boeger, Henry, 

Copp, Julius 

Chapman, C. A 

Durkee, Benjamin 

Dunscomb, C. S. 

Draher, John 

Draher, John, Jr. 

Fowler, Henry 

Frenzel, Peter 

Funck, Wm. F, 

Crarlinger, Mike 

Goodwin, John 

Gunning, Frank M 
Hodgson, Wm. A 

Hoerely, Peter, 

Hoffman, George 
Hoffel, Peter. 

Hartman, J. H 
tfacobshagen, E 
Johnson, I. K 
Jones, John D 
Krone, Clemens 
Kauffer, H. B. 

Kohler, B 

Kellogg, L. T. 
Kraus, Joseph 
Xorenz, John 
Lamb, David. 
Lees, John.. .. 
Laflin, Martin 
Lamm, Stephen 

Leutz, Peter 

Lerlroch, Jacob 

Lambrecht, August 
Leader, Charles 

More, J. H 

Moher, Henry 
McDowall, Allen 
Marland, Bazil 
Moser, Frank 
Margraff, August 
Masfield, George, Jr 
Mills, Minard 
Oberly, Frank 

Parsons, L 

Pierce, T. T 

Peart, Thos 

Prael.F 

Philips, Antoine 

Pease, F. L 

Parratt, Wm. A 
Roberts, Geo. A 
Eoos, George 



Rank. 



Remarks. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant 

•2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant. 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 

5th Corporal 

6th Corporal. 
7th Corporal. 
8th Corporal. 




812 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 
Roster of the Mankato Home Guards — Continued. 



Names. 



Rausch, C 

Russell, Francis 

Silver, Gottlieb , 

Shaus, Joseph , 

Shigley, A. P 

Schlafley, Chas , 

Smith, A. J 

Seward, V 

Shehan, James , 

Shehan, Michael 

Thayer, D. A 

Thomas, H. G 

Troing, Wm 

Trout, Conrad 

Torey, F. O 

Ullman, Peter 

Ullman, John.. 

Vosteck,C 

Willard, John A 

Whitrock.H 

Werner, John 

Woleben, Nathaniel 



Rank. 



Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private, 
Private 



Remarks. 



THE CHISAGO COUNTY RANGERS. 



813 



ROSTER OF THE CHISAGO COUNTY RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JAMES 
STARKEY. ORGANIZED IN CHISAGO COUNTY ON THE 17th DAY OF AUGUST, 
1862, AND SERVED TILL THE 7th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1862. 



Names. 



James Starkey 

John C. Hanley 

Geo. V. B. Williams... 
Truman O. Chapman. 

Norton P. Crosby 

B. F. Wilks 

Lorenzo O. Landan.... 

John D. Wilcox 

Lafloyd S. Bates 

Ira Hakes 

Bussell B. Bingsey 

Chandler Farr 



Benton, Edwin Geo.... 

Bishop, Chas 

Brown, Frederick S... 

Cavan, Robt. W 

Chapman, Frank O 

Claver, Daniel S 

Claver, John W 

Darling, Alex 

Deane, John 

Debbie, Aaron 

Denning, Mandeville.. 

Farr, Henry 

Farr, Egbert 

Folson, W. H 

Frost, Geo. S 

Hathaway, Geo. F 

Ingalls, Ephraim C 

Jackson, Edward 

Knight, Albert S 

Kohl, Christopher 

Loer, Chas. F.. 

Mold, John G 

Martin, Isaac , 

Martin, Patrick H 

Matheson, Henry B 

Meevay, Michael E 

Mold, John G 

Poor, James M 

Ruddy, Carl C 

Ryder, Joel G 

Starkey, Ed. C 

Starkey, Wm 

Starkweather, Sam. H. 

Vaughn, Daniel 

Warner, Isaac H 

Wight, Joel E 

Wilkes, Leonard P 

Wilkes, Proctor P 

Wilcox, Chas., Jr 

Wilcox, Edmund 

Wilcox, Oliver 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant.. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant.... 
Quartermaster.. 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 



Private. 
Private 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private. . 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



814 



ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF THE ST. PETER HOME GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN WOLF H. 
MEYER. ORGANIZED AT ST. PETER ON THE 6th OF SEPTEMBER, 1862, FOR 
SIXTY DAYS, AND SERVED ABOUT ONE MONTH AND THIRTEEN DAYS IN AND 
ABOUT ST. PETER. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Wolf H. Meyer 

Chas. H. Staacke.. 

P. S. Gardner 

Samuel C. McCoy. 

Wm. Lawler 

F. Lange 

L. Hatcher , 

C. Anderegg 

F. Leifer, Sr 

Wm. Lehr 

George Dickert 

John Miller 



Anderson, C 

Bensen, Hans 

Bruhns, O. F 

Bauer, Jacob 

Brown, David 

Bass, Plazi 

Callahan, John F... 

Coudon, Wm 

Delany, Michael.... 

Dodd, Wm. A 

Dauer, Wenzel 

Delany, Andy 

Estlar, H . . 

Fricke, Christ 

Geghan, William.... 

Harff, Peter 

Hatcher, F. H 

Hatcher, K. E , 

Harm, Henry 

Hooland, Iver 

Henessy, M 

Jackson, O. A , 

Jacobs, Wm 

Kocke, Gottlieb 

Krosinsky,A , 

Iianghorst, Wm 

Larkin, E 

Leifer, F.,Jr 

Maas, Christ 

Moser, George 

O'Shea, John 

Pfefferle, Rich 

Punt.H 

Paton, Louis 

Simonet, S 

Scherer, Geo 

Schaefer, Peter 

Schlender, Herman. 

Thies, Franz 

Viels, Nicolas 

Veith, F. A 

Wuetig, Friedrich... 

Woods, Chas. R 

Wiedemann, J. B 

Wiedemann, Edw... 



Captain , 

1st Lieutenant , 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant . 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

4th Sergeant 

5th Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 

3d Corporal 

4th Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private 
Private., 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private- 
Private. 
Private., 
Private., 
Private. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private . 
Private.. 
Private. . 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private - 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private . 
Private- 
Private- 
Private- 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 



Remarks. 



BIERBAUER'S COMPANY OF RIFLEMEN. 



815 



ROSTER OF WILLIAM BIERBAUER'S COMPANY OF RIFLEMEN. ORGANIZED AUG. 
31, 1862, AND DID SERVICE IN AND ABOUT MANKATO UNTIL OCT. 12, 1862. 



Names. 



William Bierbauer. 

J. E. Potter 

James Shoemaker... 

Samuel D. Shaw 

H. S. Lytle 

L. C. Ives 

Hubert Brules 

H. D. Orvis 



Andrus, W. P 

Bruner, Andrew 

Burgmeier, H 

Britton, F. D 

Curtiss, B. I 

Chamberlain, J. H.... 

Carr, J. G 

Douglass, Fred 

Davies, Daniel P 

Fowler, F. H 

Foster, Lawrence.... 

Gessel, Jacob , 

Griffin, D. S 

Hassel, Frederic 

Hansley, C. B 

Haas, Joseph 

Hudson, J 

Keenan.Geo. M 

IiOring, John F 

Leich, Theodore 

Mattox, Geo. W 

Molloy, L. W 

Marston, W. S 

Nicholson, John 

Oberley, Xavier 

Porter, E. D. B 

Pichesrowce, George. 

Pierce, Parker 

Pierce, Geo 

Seward, A. D 

Sabbath* George 

Tate, Samuel 

Vogle, Charles 

White, S. D 

Whiten, Luther 

Waite, Sydney L 



Bank. 



Captain 

1st Lieutenant.. 
2d Lieutenant.. 

1st Sergeant 

2d Sergeant 

3d Sergeant 

1st Corporal 

2d Corporal 



Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Private., 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private- 
Private.. 
Private. . 
Private. . 
Private.. 



Remarks. 



Ten days in service. 



816 



EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 



ROSTER OF MEN MUSTERED IN THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MINNESOTA MOUNTED 
VOLUNTEERS. ENLISTED BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. READ AT SOUTH BEND 
DURING THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER AND THE EARLY PART OF OCTO- 
BER, 1862, TO SERVE THREE MONTHS, OR DURING THE INDIAN WAR. 



Names. 




Remarks. 



Andrus, W. 
Andrus, Chas. H 
Arledge, Alexander 

Barr. John 

Bagley, Alvah 

Barott, C. G 

Bergman n, Henry 

Boyer, Wni 

Burns, John 

Bullis T. R 

Crandall, Harrison 
Crandall, Marion 
Clapshaw, Wm 
Daak, Fleming 
Delamore, Samuel 
Dudley, Henry H 
Daak, Thomas J 
Eaton, Lewis, 
Goff, Henry 
Hanson, John 
Harris, John A 
Hawkins, Wm 
Howland, G. H 
Hungerford, Asel. 
Hollenbeck, James M 
Hanson, Elett 
Jackson, John F 
Johnson, Lewis, 
Johnson, John 
Jones, Thomas 
Jones, Wm. H 
Kysar, Limean 
Knapp, James H 
IiUcas, Thomas K 

Lord, A. E 

Lamp, Isaiah 
Landroch, John B. 
Marvin, Wm. R 
McCauley, James, 
Mather, George, 
Marston, Wm. S, 
Mullen, M. E 
McGregor, Fraser 
McDowell, David H 
Moon, Andrew 
McCauley, Nathaniel 
Neal, Henry J 
Newton, Wm. I 
Nash, James H 
Nickerson, David 
Nicholson, John 
Omsrud, G. T 

Oleson, Ole 

Payer, Simon 
Parks, Milton P 
Peterson, Ole 
Potter, T.E... 
Pratt, Geo. C, 
Poff, Samuel R 
Roland, Simon 
Reenan, Geo. M 

Razy, N. D 

Rogers, Josiah 
Randall, Wm 
Rose, Jacob A 
Rogers, Geo. W 
Rutledge, Thos 
Stultz, Henry 
Spencer, Francis F 

Snell, Jacob 

Taylor, Wm. H 
Thomas, Knudt 
Washburn, Lewis 
White, Lorenzo D 

Wagner, Oscar F Private 



COMPANY ORGANIZED BY MAJOR CHARLES R. READ. 



817 



ROSTER OF A COMPANY ORGANIZED BY MAJOR CHARLES R. READ, AND COM- 
MANDED BY CAPT. WM. RUMMELL. ENLISTED ABOUT AUG. 26, 1862, AND 
SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 8, 1862. MAJOR READ SERVED WITH COL. FLANDRAU'S 
EXPEDITION IN DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER, AND WAS IN COM- 
MAND WHEN THE COLONEL WAS TEMPORARILY ABSENT. 



Names. 



Win. Eummell. 
John Quengly.. 
John Taylor.... 

T. R. Bullis 

J. Redforth 

G. Mathews 



Allen, A. W 

Allen, John 

Barker, H 

Bixby, L 

Cochran, Wm 

Douglas, Ferdinand. 

Donaldson, C. W 

Duby, W. J 

Francis, W. P 

Grimes, H 

Griffin, D. S 

McLaughlin, S 

Cjingly, Wm. H 

Rollins, O 

Roscoe, E 

Richardson, Chas 

Standish, W 

Swerz, D. R 

Stoddard, J. S 

Truax, R. J 

Wegant, R 

Williams, J 

Wilkins, W 

Young, J 



Rank. 



Captain 

2d Lieutenant 

Orderly Sergeant 

Quartermaster Sergean 

Corporal 

Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Remarks. 



Note. — There is an old saying among soldiers, that "Fame consists of being wounded in battle and having your 
name spelled wrong in the ' Gazette.' " I fear that the foregoing roster of citizen soldiers which I have prepared will be 
found obnoxious to the charge of misspelling in many of the names embraced in it. My explanation and apology is, 
t hat many of the names are foreign, being German, French, Swede and other nationalities, which Americans always 
find it difficult to spell or pronounce correctly, and that all of them had been copied several times by a variety of clerks 
before they came into my hands, since which they have passed through a typewriting machine and the hands of the 
compositors. I know of no way to correct any mistakes that may be found in them. Many of the persons are long 
since dead, and many more of them are scattered over an inaccessible territory. Even supposing it possible to communi- 
cate with the partieswhosenamesareapparentlyspelled wrong, the timein which the book must appear forbids theunder- 
taking, and each recipient of the work who finds a mistake in his name must make the correction for himself. I found 
my own name, in the records of the adjutant general's office, given as " W. Flandrau," and this fact has aroused my sus- 
picions as to the balance. Assuring the brave men whose record I am making that I have done the best I could with the 
material at my command, I ask their indulgence for the errors that may have crept in. 

Charles E. Flandrau. 



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